gdc is in

[Joakim]

On Saturday, 7 October 2017 at 16:46:44 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> On 7 October 2017 at 15:00, jmh530 via Digitalmars-d 
> <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
>> On Saturday, 7 October 2017 at 10:24:38 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I understand that you've been very busy with getting gdc into 
>>> gcc and that there's not much manpower helping you out, but 
>>> we're suggesting that you release a binary, even if just a 
>>> beta like ldc does, and announce it to help change that 
>>> perception.  Most people don't read the gdc forum, which is 
>>> one of the reasons I've been posting on gdc progress here, 
>>> even though I'd never use or contribute to it.
>>>
>>> Regardless, there are D devs who'd like to use gdc, so I'm 
>>> just trying to help you and them out.
>>
>>
>> Also, maybe it will be easier to get people to help him if 
>> they know that it's up-to-date.
>
> Why would that change anything?

Most people don't follow gdc development closely.  If you say 
that there's a newer version available and you'd like help 
packaging it, someone might step up.  After all, it's much easier 
to package the compiler than to keep it up to date, as you've 
been doing.