D versionning

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Monday, July 16, 2012 23:29:30 RivenTheMage wrote:
> On Monday, 16 July 2012 at 20:45:11 UTC, SomeDude wrote:
> > This way, the stable branch and the dev branch don't diverge to
> > the point that there effectively become two versions of the
> > same language.
> 
> I think, they should be diverging.
> 
> The stable branch should be "the TDPL branch". After reaching
> point of TDPL-compliance (top priority for the branch), only
> bugfixes and non-breaking features must be accepted (like COFF
> support).
> 
> The dev branch should be "the DMD3/TDPLv2 branch": a cutting edge
> version of the D language.

We're talking about doing something similar to having 2.x.y, with the main 
branch incrementing x and the "stable" branch incrementing y. Going to v3 
would mean incrementing the 2. We have _no_ intention of doing that for years 
to come.

- Jonathan M Davis