DMD 1.030 and 2.014 releases

[Don]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> Sean Kelly wrote:
>> == Quote from Walter Bright (newshound1 at digitalmars.com)'s article
>>> Bill Baxter wrote:
>>>> Any chance we'll be getting a backport of the fix to bug 493 in DMD
>>>> 1.031?   [ http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=493 ]
>>> I understand your point, and I have mixed feelings about it. The trouble
>>> is, it isn't a stable target if it gets language changes, and everyone
>>> has a different idea on what should be moved from 2.0 to 1.0.
> 
 > The majority of available code right now is D1 only.  So if you don't
 > want to reinvent lots of wheels, your best bet is D1.  As most everyone
 > knows, Tango is D1 only.  Probably the majority of long-timers here are
 > still D1 only simply because if you have lots of code that works, moving
 > all of it to an unstable D2 is not a very compelling proposition.

> So does it make sense to leave this demographic of heavy D users behind 
> with an aging feature set?

It's not just that. By making _no_ changes to D1.0, it makes later 
migration to D2.0 more painful. I think migration is an issue that needs 
more thought. Especially considering that the majority of new code will 
be developed under D1.0, not D2, probably for a year or so longer.