Is D 0.163 D 1.0?

[Gregor Richards]

John Demme wrote:
> Gregor Richards wrote:
> 
> 
>>clayasaurus wrote:
>>
>>>Dave wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Walter Bright wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I think the title says it all.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I say it's ready for 1.0.
>>>
>>>
>>>vote++
>>
>>In my opinion it's unwise to make a point-oh release of anything
>>immediately after major, sweeping changes.  A few months more time for
>>people to submit major language change ideas before closing it up (which
>>I presume 1.0 would imply) would be a good idea.
>>
>>  - Gregor Richards
> 
> 
> A few more month's time for people to recommend changes!?!?  Phfff- we've
> being doing that for years!   IMO, we've got the features we need for D
> 1.0.  A few more bug fixes would be nice (#146) but those can be done after
> 1.0.  More time for the new imports, sure, but no new features!  Let's do
> this already!
> 

It has nothing to do with how long it's been being worked on, it has to 
do with how stable the codebase is.  Clearly it's still in flux.  In 
flux is not a good time to release a point-oh.

  - Gregor Richards