[dmd-beta] Do a new release?

[Jesse Phillips]

Well, the recent thread in the newsgroup

http://www.digitalmars.com/webnews/newsgroups.php?art_group=digitalmars.D&article_id=123680

says its  bug 3979

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Brad Roberts <braddr at puremagic.com> wrote:
> Timing releases based on the 64 bit work is premature still.  So, I'd say
> go for it... with one reservation.
>
> Have the os/x issue been resolved yet?
>
> Ok two.. it'd be nice to get the bug fixes that are blocking the
> integration of std.process fixed as well.  I think there's patches
> included for them, right?  (I don't have the bug numbers in front of me
> right now, but I'll bet someone else does and will chime in shortly).
>
> Later,
> Brad
>
> On Mon, 6 Dec 2010, Walter Bright wrote:
>
>> Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:42:54 -0800
>> From: Walter Bright <walter at digitalmars.com>
>> Reply-To: Discuss the dmd beta releases for D <dmd-beta at puremagic.com>
>> To: Discuss the dmd beta releases for D <dmd-beta at puremagic.com>
>> Subject: Re: [dmd-beta] Do a new release?
>>
>> I don't know how much work is left for 64 bits to work.
>>
>> David Simcha wrote:
>> > IMHO it depends on how close we are to fixing enough 64 bugs to make 64
>> > support usable.  I define "usable" as at least successfully compiling,
>> > linking and running a version of "hello, world" that uses std.stdio, not
>> > printf, so that people can test it on more complex code and file bug
>> > reports.
>> > If there's likely still another month's work or more there, then yeah, now's
>> > a good time for a release because we just got rid of some nasty and
>> > important bugs.  On the other hand, if there's only maybe a week or two more
>> > worth of work (at least plausibly; I know it's somewhat unpredictable), I
>> > suggest getting these last 64 bugs fixed before releasing.
>> >
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