Release D 2.074.1

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On Saturday, 3 June 2017 at 18:08:40 UTC, Joseph Rushton Wakeling 
wrote:
> On Thursday, 1 June 2017 at 21:04:00 UTC, Martin Nowak wrote:
>> This point release fixes a few issues over 2.074.0, see the 
>> changelog for more details.
>
> I'm afraid that the release has another fault: the VERSION file 
> still gives 2.074.0.  This means that unless it is edited 
> during the build process, the compiler will report the wrong 
> version number when `dmd --version` is invoked.

curl https://i.dlang.io | bash -s

~/dlang/dmd-2.074.1/linux/bin64/dmd --version
DMD64 D Compiler v2.074.1
Copyright (c) 1999-2017 by Digital Mars written by Walter Bright

Or even shorter:

> source $(curl https://i.dlang.io | bash -s dmd --activate) && 
> dmd --version

However, also the bundled VERSION file is correct for me:

> cat ~/dlang/dmd-2.074.1/src/VERSION
2.074.1

So, I guess your problem is the VERSION file on the dmd stable 
branch?

https://github.com/dlang/dmd/blob/stable/VERSION

According point releases have never been flagged there: 
https://github.com/dlang/dmd/commits/stable/VERSION

Probably because it's more yet another work step & makes merging 
the master branch back into stable a bit more complicated.

Can't you simply overwrite the VERSION file in your build process?
Otherwise it's just one simple PR away ;-)