Finalizing D2

[Brad Roberts]

Don wrote:
> bearophile wrote:
>> Andrei Alexandrescu:
>>> there's been a sharp increase in bug reports and patches recently.
>>> Walter and I are still scratching our head over that (it's not like
>>> dmd got much crappier overnight). I can only infer that more people
>>> have started using more of D.
>>
>> I think it's mostly a complex consequence of showing DMD source code.
>> I have "predicted" this outcome in one post more than one year ago.
> 
> Yes. It's the simple fact that you can compile DMD out-of-the-box. In
> fact, everyone who has downloaded DMD is "forced" to have a working copy
> of the source code!
> It's interesting to compare this with GDC, which, with the GNU license,
> is a purer form of "free software". Yet, it's amazingly difficult to get
> it to compile (I tried once, and failed).
> It's not just about having source code "available".

I don't believe that to be the case.  That would explain why more _fixes_ are
being provided (primarily thanks to your contributions), but not why there's
been an increase in bug _filing_.

http://d.puremagic.com/issues/reports.cgi?product=D&datasets=UNCONFIRMED%3A&datasets=NEW%3A&datasets=ASSIGNED%3A&datasets=REOPENED%3A&datasets=VERIFIED%3A&datasets=FIXED%3A

Regardless.. it's all good.  More reports == more chances of more things being
fixed.

Later,
Brad