[dmd-internals] 3rd Biweekly Sprint Planning

Walter Bright via dmd-internals dmd-internals at puremagic.com
Thu Aug 13 01:32:56 PDT 2015



On 8/13/2015 1:08 AM, Walter Bright via dmd-internals wrote:
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> On 8/12/2015 10:35 PM, Martin Nowak via dmd-internals wrote:
>> On Thursday, 13 August 2015 at 02:58:00 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> Let's do that then.
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>> Yep, 2.067 sounds good and it seems one of gdc/ldc will have a 2.067 before 
>> 2.069.
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>>> How about doing a PR for the sources? Seems to me we're just sitting around 
>>> jawboning, and not moving forward!
>>
>> This discussion is necessary. Switching to ddmd is a big change with lots of 
>> consequences and you should be willing to spent some time to make better 
>> decisions.
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> This discussion is good. Delaying the PR to get the D sources in git is not so 
> good. I don't see any reason for further delay.

I.e. the decision on how to compile ddmd for release only has to be made at 
release time, not before we switch to ddmd. The ongoing gdc/ldc improvements can 
be done concurrently with getting ddmd in shape to release, because while ddmd 
is being developed it can be compiled with an existing dmd.


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