D1 to be discontinued on December 31, 2012

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-12-13 20:54, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 12/13/11 10:11 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>> On 2011-12-13 14:09, Mike James wrote:
>>> "Jacob Carlborg" <doob at me.com> wrote in message
>>> news:jc785g$1hpa$2 at digitalmars.com...
>>>> On 2011-12-13 07:26, Jesse Phillips wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:57:02 +0000, Jesse Phillips wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I haven't used D1 for a long time so I can't claim a bad choice here.
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually I think I can state an opinion here. The two things that
>>>>> stand
>>>>> out in my mind are.
>>>>>
>>>>> * There has been a statement of supporting D1 while it is in use
>>>>> (or at
>>>>> least has a decent number of users). Maybe there aren't any, I don't
>>>>> see
>>>>> replies claiming such.
>>>>
>>>> I'm still using D1.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That'll be one then :-)
>>
>> Yeah, because Andrei has managed to drive away all those who use D1
>> because of decisions like the one above and without asking the community.
>
> Apologies for that. Please let Walter and me know what we can do to make
> migration easier.

I think these decisions shouldn't be made without at least mentioned 
them to the community before they're made. In this case I had hope that 
D2 and Phobos would be in a more usable and stable state then it 
currently is.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg