If I had my way

[Walter Bright]

On 12/10/2011 12:00 PM, David Nadlinger wrote:
> I certainly appreciate the general statement, as keeping ones users happy is one
> of the most important, if not the single most important thing, to a positive image.
>
> However, please don't forget that there has already been put quite a lot of
> effort into making the current version ready for release (I don't think there
> are any blockers left, are there?). Addressing all the points raised would
> require several potentially high impact changes, which could easily set us back
> for two or three weeks.
>
> Also, the soon-to-be 2.057 fixes quite a few codegen bugs, which are notoriously
> troublesome since tracing them down takes a lot of effort.
>
> And personally, I'd like to see a new version being released soon because I'd
> otherwise have to tell Thrift people to use a Git version of DMD when I post my
> GSoC project for upstream inclusion, which I can't postpone infinitely. ;)
>
> As 2.057 will contain a few additions which could potentially require some fixes
> before they can be considered stable, my proposal would be to release 2.057 now,
> and aim for a quick 2.058 to address both the issues you mentioned, and any
> problems turned up by FReD/OS X x86_64 being used in the real world.

Andrei makes a compelling case, but I am also concerned about messing things up 
for you. What is your schedule like?