Coming Soon: Stable D Releases!

[Adam Wilson]

On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 07:32:19 -0700, Leandro Lucarella <luca at llucax.com.ar>  
wrote:

> Adam Wilson, el 16 de July a las 10:56 me escribiste:
>> >So if I were to represent a theoretical merge sequence in ascii:
>> >
>> >            ... former releases ...
>> >    DMD Development             GDC Development
>> >         >---- DMD 2.060 release ---->
>> >         |                           |
>> >     DMD Development         DMD 2.060.1 release
>> >         v                           v
>> >         |                           |
>> >         |                   DMD 2.060.2 release
>> >         |                           v
>> >         |                           |
>> >         |                   DMD 2.060.3 release
>> >         |                           v
>> >         |                           |
>> >     DMD 2.061 beta          DMD 2.060.4 release
>> >         v                           v
>> >         |                           |
>> >     DMD 2.061 RC            DMD 2.060.5 release
>> >         v                           v
>> >         |                           |
>> >         >-- DMD 2.061 release ------>
>> >
>> >
>> >Would this be a correct way of utilising this new process?
>> >
>>
>> I'd say mostly correct. The last step is the one where we might
>
> Mmm, this makes me wonder if the stable releases based on a particular
> official release will live only until the next official release is out,
> or if they will be long-term. I thought it was the later, so people
> don't have to worry about bugs related to new features they don't care
> about, but now I'm not so sure.

Actually, I specifically mention that new features will left out until  
stability is achieved. But at some point we will fold in the new features  
 from HEAD, our goal is to specifically AVOID creating a D1/D2 style split.

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