dmd 1.045 / 2.030 release

[Leandro Lucarella]

Walter Bright, el 12 de mayo a las 09:40 me escribiste:
> Tomas Lindquist Olsen wrote:
> >Is there a reason for the missing announcement ?
> 
> Yes, I sent it to people who'd asked for a prerelease so they could
> check their builds against it.

I think a better way to do prereleases is to do a "full" release but mark
it as a release candidate.

For example, make a DMD 1.045rc release. Wait a week, if nobody complains,
release DMD 1.045. If somebody complains, fix the bug, make a DMD
1.045rc2, etc (normally the final would be the same as the rc, and there
should be very rare cases where a rc2+ would be needed). Maybe it's
a little more work, but I'm sure the prerelease will get a lot more
testing than a hidden release and people won't get confused thinking that
something that is in the website ready for download and looks like a final
release, really is a "hidden prerelease".

Anyways, I think pre-releasing is great and it's better to have it this
way than not having them at all.

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