D 1.0 for Jan 1, 2007

[Walter Bright]

Brad Roberts wrote:
> Can you clarify for the rest of us what you consider this milestone 
> meaning / containing?  What changes at that point in time?  What do you 
> consider finished, frozen, whatever?
> 
> This has come up each time a 1.0 point has been suggested, with lots of 
> potential things to fall into the bucket, but I don't recall ever seeing 
> your point of view.
> 
> I'm purposely not including my thoughts or any of the past thoughts from 
> other people since I'm seeking a fairly complete response from you rather 
> than a short agreement sort of answer.


Feature complete is one of those mirage things, the list of what needs 
to be added to D is never ending and ever changing. So my intention is 
to straighten out what we've got now as best I can, call it 1.0, and we 
can all move on doing continuous improvement.