D 1.0 for Jan 1, 2007

[Kyle Furlong]

Brad Roberts wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> I'm not fishing for new features to be included.  Quite the opposite 
> actually, considering how little time there is between now and jan 1. 
> I'll spell out a little more for the type of info I'm looking for, 
> almost exclusively based on past threads on 1.0 topics:
> 
> 1) is jan 1 a branch point for the language spec?  the compiler?  both?
> 
> 2) if it includes the compiler, are there going to be release 
> candidates?  before or starting on jan 1?
> 
> 3) if it includes the spec, I assume that you'll (and hopefully the 
> community) will be spending time doing a thorough review of it both as 
> it stands and as it is reflected in the compiler.
> 
> 4) if it's the compiler and NOT the spec, what's that mean for the spec?
> 
> 5) if it's the sped and not the compiler, when might the compiler be 
> frozen to match the spec?
> 
> ... there's bound to be more answerable questions that stem from these 
> first few.
> 
> Clearer?
> 
> Later,
> Brad

I am also interested in this information. If we are putting this stake 
in the ground, lets define what exactly that means.