DMD release cadence report 2023

[Iain Buclaw]

On Tuesday, 23 April 2024 at 06:33:59 UTC, singingbush wrote:
> 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.
>

My understanding is that - if done right - Editions will 
disconnect the language changes from the compiler releases, 
allowing users to go at their own pace whilst still getting all 
the bug fixes.