Release D 2.079.0

[Jack Stouffer]

On Tuesday, 6 March 2018 at 12:21:41 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:
> That being said, I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better to have 
> std.experimental be in its own repository. This allows 
> selection of the dependency on std.experimental separate from 
> phobos. It still would be an "official" dlang package, and 
> might even be included in the distribution (the latest version 
> anyway), and docs included on the website. But if needed, you 
> could have your dub package depend on a prior version.

The entire concept needs a reexamination IMO. I just checked the 
git history, and not one module has graduated from 
std.experimental to mainline Phobos since the idea's inception in 
2014. While it's possible that none of the modules are ready, 
logger has been there for four years now. I was against changing 
how experimental is handled in the past, but I recently have 
started to rethink how we promote modules.

Also, if you'll allow me to have crazy ideas for a moment, one 
wonders why we shouldn't just release Phobos itself through dub? 
Rust makes people use their build tool, why not us?