Breaking backwards compatiblity

[Walter Bright]

On 3/9/2012 2:41 PM, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 03/09/2012 11:32 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
>> This statement is from Linus Torvalds about breaking binary compatibility:
>>
>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/8/495
>>
>> While I don't think we need to worry so much at the moment about
>> breaking binary compatibility with new D releases, we do have a big
>> problem with breaking source code compatibility.
>>
>> This is why we need to have a VERY high bar for breaking changes.
>
> Most bug fixes are breaking changes. I don't think we are there yet.

There have been some gratuitous ones, in my not-so-humble opinion. Those need to 
stop.