D 2.003 teaser

[Max Samukha]

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:16:09 -0700, Brad Roberts
<braddr at puremagic.com> wrote:

>Xinok wrote:
>> Witold Baryluk wrote:
>>> Max Samukha wrote:
>>>
>>>> What does the announcement of D 2.003 in the change log mean? Is it
>>>> intended to be a preview of what is coming with the next release or
>>>> was it added by mistake?
>>>
>>> Changlog headers links to concrete versions:
>>> ie. http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd.2.003.zip
>>>
>>> But sometimes changlog is given befor release :)
>>>
>> I was also wondering what's with the 2.003 change log. It's been there 
>> since July 1, but the download link never worked.
>
>While working on the next version, Walter tends to update the change log 
>as he goes.  Occasionally between releases a doc update needs to happen 
>to the website.  When that happens, the in-progress change log gets 
>updated along with everything else.  I dunno that that's the direct 
>cause here, but if I was a betting man...
>
>Later,
>Brad

Thanks for the explanation. The problem with such premature changelog
updates is that they may make people think: "My favorite bug is
fixed/feature added. Within a short time the zip will be uploaded and
I'll be able to move on". And then nothing happens for a long time. A
"Planned for D 2.003" note instead of the release date would be great.