Is it time for D 3.0?

[Walter Bright]

On 3/29/2020 2:41 AM, Russel Winder wrote:
> It is always a delicate balance of keeping a language vibrant and alive
> in the minds of those *not* already committed to it, and seeming a
> niche language dead to the mainstream.
> 
> Switching D to a proper semantic versioning system would, in my view,
> help keep D in the former category, and out of the latter one. If we
> get to D 2.999, I would suggest D has moved into to latter category.

D's development path simply doesn't fit into the semantic versioning system. 
It's one of continuous change, not long periods of stability punctuated by 
wrenching change.


> Yes I know Torvalds did the major version hack on Linux simply to avoid
> seeming stuck and stalled, not for any actual technical reasons, but it
> worked.

I'm not familiar with that, but it makes sense.