Is D 0.163 D 1.0?

[Walter Bright]

Kent Boogaart wrote:
> I've only just joined in the D community and have quite a few suggestions to 
> make (and I believe they are all good ones). Whilst I don't want a 1.0 
> release to be held up by me - as important as I am :) - I would like to 
> understand how future D releases will handle breaking changes. For example, 
> will breaking changes be avoided at all cost a la C++ / Java or will there 
> be leeway so that the language doesn't evolve into a plethora of deprecated 
> APIs and bad practices to avoid (again, a la C++ / Java).

I think there's a reasonable middle ground.