Do we need a time-out in D evolution?

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On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:26:40 +0400, Johan Granberg  
<lijat.meREM at OVEgmail.com> wrote:

>> So my question is: "Is there a planed time-out in D evolution?"
>>
>
> Didn't Walter say that he would branch the compiler into a current stable
> (what we have now) and an experimental 2.0  compiler. If that is done  
> isn't
> that a clear signal to everyone that the 1.014 (or whatewer the version  
> is
> at the moment) compiler is the one to use for production code?

Here is my vision:

* I start to use D1.0 for production. In near few months Tango 1.0 will be  
released and everything is fine.

* I spend 4-5 months to port some of my tools to D and then 4-5 months  
produce and deploy some part of our system in D.

* At this time (early 2008) there is the working version of D2.0.

So after I produce some production code what will be with Tango, for  
example? Would its athors want to support and improve Tango for D1.0 and  
Tango for D2.0 at the same time? What should I do with my D1.0 code when  
D2.0 will be there? I think it is better to port my code to D2.0. But this  
means than I need yet month or more for rewritting and retesting, but not  
producing new code.

It's not a big problem I know that there won't be another incompatible  
version D3.0 after a half-year after D2.0. But I don't know that now,  
because the history shows that D constantly changed.

-- 
Regards,
Yauheni Akhotnikau