DMD release cadence report 2023

[singingbush]

On Monday, 22 April 2024 at 19:56:35 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> Should it slow down or speed up?
>
> Iain.

Slow down. There's no need for language changes being so 
frequent. In fact I see it as a negative. I'd prefer annual 
releases that are reliable. I've been burned by new releases 
multiple times and the lack of stability is why I have never been 
able to use D code for anything significant within the workplace.

By all means keep pushing out regular builds with latest features 
but I think D should only release a new language version after 
those changes have been used for a while by people that want to 
use the latest thing.

Also worth pointing out that language changes effect anyone 
working on D tooling, IDE integration, or libraries/frameworks. 
I'd be happier with frequent releases if all changes were 
supported from day 1 but that's unlikely to ever happen. Things 
would be better if D releases were put out at the same time as a 
fully compatible language server and grammar file.