new DIP41: dmd/rdmd command line overhaul.

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On Thursday, 23 May 2013 at 13:08:25 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> It's an imperfect system, and we do our best with what we know, 
> whom we work with, and what we believe. We all have the same 
> goal. To be frank - relax. There's no reason to get overly 
> combative over this.

I am really glad to hear that you at least accept it is imperfect 
system. Beg my sincere pardon if my comments sound hostile, it is 
very hard to keep the right balance between being polite and 
actually breaking the comfort zone.

You don't answer the question though - why adopting widely used 
release processes to address this is not an option for D? Do you 
see any hidden issues there?

> Yes but we get back to the binary notion that you seem to 
> endorse: every breakage is as bad, and any breakage creates a 
> precedent for any other breakage. I disagree with this.

As I have already said, I have never said that "any breakage 
creates a
> precedent for any other breakage". It is more like "any 
> breakage marks release as breaking".

> This view would ignore all progress we've made in improving 
> stability.

Because for me personally there have been no improvements in 
_release_ stability. Overall compiler quality has increased 
tremendously, but process stays roughly the same. I am sorry to 
say this.