Phobos version naming

Andrei Alexandrescu SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org
Thu Nov 4 04:07:18 UTC 2021


On 11/3/21 8:46 PM, Adam Ruppe wrote:
> On Wednesday, 3 November 2021 at 22:21:53 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> Prolly we could have both so people could use either "io" or "std2".
> 
> What I would actually do is make it the year of the planned stable release.
> 
> For example we might not actually use "Stdv2" but instead "std2023". In 
> years prior to that, it is now obviously a future version and thus 
> subject to change, then when 2023 comes along, it is officially 
> stablized and we can start playing with std 2024.
> 
> This pace of putting major breaking changes in a yearly schedule would 
> also give people realistic expecations. No, it won't break next month, 
> but yes, it might next year.

Love this.


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