dmd 2.063 released with 260 bugfixes and enhancements

[Leandro Lucarella]

Nick Sabalausky, el 30 de May a las 22:47 me escribiste:
> On Fri, 31 May 2013 03:50:51 +0200
> "Rob T" <alanb at ucora.com> wrote:
> > Yes, but because there's no link on the main page and no 
> > installer, the RC's are effectively closed to the public because 
> > only people in the know will go through the trouble to get the 
> > RC's and install them.
> > 
> > I'm only talking about when the next release gets very to release 
> > should something like this be done. It'll make installing a new 
> > release far less risky business when it goes final. It'll improve 
> > confidence in the final product and further reduce or completely 
> > eliminate nasty surprises.
> > 
> > IMO doing this will have a similar positive effect like as we've 
> > seen with the improved release log.
> > 
> > --rt
> 
> Yea, greater visibility for the betas could probably still help.

Yeah, and that's exactly what I suggested here several times, and
ultimately at DConf :). A step forward has been made in this release,
as you said, betas were announced in this NG for the first time, before
they were announced only in the beta ML.

Now we need to put version numbers to different betas, put a link to
them in the main page (with the complete changelog, so people also know
what's new and try the new stuff) and wait a little longer before
releasing the final version. Also, to avoid a lot of release burden,
I don't think there is a need to fix a regression and instantly
pseudo-release a new beta, ending with 6 or 7 betas. Is better to wait
a little longer between releases and get more fixes in each release
(unless there is a very bad regression that makes the compiler almost
unusable). Maybe having something like a fixed weekly release of betas
would be a good idea. If one week there are no more bug reports against
the beta, then release that as the final version.

Betas are really release candidates, I think it might be a good idea to
just start calling them what they are, so people is more tempted to
download them and try them.

I hope next time it is DMD 2.064rc1, 2.064rc2, etc...

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Leandro Lucarella (AKA luca)                     http://llucax.com.ar/
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