backporting features to D1

[Bill Baxter]

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Derek Parnell <derek at psych.ward> wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:54:47 -0700, Walter Bright wrote:
>
>> bobef wrote:
>>> category 3) will be forced to break their code because
>>> once D2 is declared stable D1 will probably be declared deprecated
>>
>> No, I intend to support D1 as long as there is interest in it.
>
> I'm no longer using D at all. I've lost interest in D1 as D2 looks to be
> much, much better. However D2 is a currently whirlwind of uncertainty. I'd
> love to use some parts of Tango but not D1. I like Phobos (but admit it
> still has too many warts and omissions) but D2 is just not worth my time
> yet. I tried coding in D2 but a lot of that code is going to need
> significant rework when the cabal have finalized their deliberations, which
> look like being at least 12 months away.

So you're saying you'd be interested in a D1 with non-breaking
backports?  Or are you looking for something even closer to D2, just
without the whirlwind?

--bb