All this talk about finalising D2 makes me worried

[Stewart Gordon]

With apologies to Bruno Medeiros....

All this talk about getting D2 finished (and other things like what 
comes next) makes me worried. People talk as if D2 is nearing 
completion: there are even threads about the coming or even requesting 
the release of the finished product that D2 will be.

For a start, finishing D1 off has to come first.  I refer you all back 
to this discussion:

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/When_will_D1_be_finished_89749.html
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/Re_When_will_D1_be_finished_89913.html
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/Re_When_will_D1_be_finished_89874.html

(I don't know why the thread has become split in three.)

I've a further feeling that some have suggested declaring D1 obsolete. 
Except that obsolete would be the wrong word - it would be more a case 
of D1 becoming a project that was started and then abandoned.  Which 
might sound like a good plan to some.  However, I can't at the moment 
think of any D1 spec issue or major bug that doesn't also affect the D2 
line.  As such, abandoning D1 will do nothing to bring closer the time 
when we can freeze the D 2.0 spec.

It is thus in the community's best interests to get D1 finished sooner 
rather than later, as we will then have a D that we can all use and 
third parties can implement.

(Yes, I know I should contribute to the effort.  Trouble is that, now I 
have a job, my time for stuff like this is limited.  But hopefully some 
time I'll find the time to do some work on it.)

Once D1 is done and dusted, _then_ we can shift our efforts to polishing 
D2 ready for finalisation and eventual stable release.  But in any case, 
we need to take things one step at a time.

Stewart.