DMD needs branches

[Lionello Lunesu]

torhu wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> torhu wrote:
>>> This is pasted from the readme.txt for my DWT app:
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Versions 0.174 to 1.0 should work.
>>> Versions 1.001 to 1.006 do not work properly with DWT apps.
>>> Version 1.007 through 1.010 works.
>>> Versions 1.011 and 1.012 do not work.
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Maybe I'm taking the wrong approach to this.  But I don't know how I 
>>> could realistically avoid it.
>>
>> I don't see any way you can avoid it, regardless of what I do. You 
>> should list the compiler versions that the library is guaranteed to 
>> work with (and perhaps have a download link for them). That's one 
>> reason why all the versions are available for download.
> 
> The problem wouldn't go away, but it would be greatly reduced.  The 
> serious new bugs in 1.011 were discovered almost immediately after the 
> release.  Wouldn't it be better if 1.011 was marked as a beta, and not 
> unleashed on the general public until the core D user community had at 
> least verified that their apps and libs build with it?

How's a post in D.announce "unleashing it on the general public"??

I'd say: if it ain't broke, don't 'fix' it. Meaning that if you have a D 
that works for you, don't upgrade? And if you want to play with new 
stuff, you upgrade.

L.