[dmd-internals] DMD bootstrapping version requirements

[Daniel Murphy via dmd-internals]

Why exactly do you need that switch to convert the backend?  As long
as the source files are passed on the command line and have a module
declaration then they don't care which directory they are in.

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Walter Bright via dmd-internals
<dmd-internals at puremagic.com> wrote:
> I'd like to upgrade to 2.073, as I need this switch:
>
>   -mv=<package.module>=<filespec>  use <filespec> as source file for
> <package.module>
>
> to begin converting the back end to D. Though I'm not sure which version it
> actually shipped in, it doesn't seem to be in the changelog.
>
>
> On 2/16/2017 2:38 PM, Brad Roberts via dmd-internals wrote:
>>
>> All of my testers build with that version (well, 2.067 or 8, I'd have to
>> wander
>> through each to double check the exact version used.
>>
>> On 2/16/17 6:58 AM, David Nadlinger via dmd-internals wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I must admit that I am not quite up to speed on which configurations are
>>> exactly tested right now in
>>> the wider dlang CI system, but from dlang/phobos#5140 [1] it seems like
>>> the
>>> only C++-based compiler
>>> (i.e., 2.068) remaining is GDC on Travis?
>>>
>>> We can of course discuss requiring a multi-step bootstrap in the future.
>>> I
>>> just want to make sure
>>> incompatibilities don't slip in unintentionally for now.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>> [1] https://github.com/dlang/phobos/pull/5140
>
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