[dmd-internals] [dmd-beta] Time for new beta

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 06:38:59 Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> > >What's stopping us from handling all pull requests w/in a week? Or even
> > >better a day or two?> 
> > Currently I'm working on the 64 bit struct ABI, which is marked as a
> > critical blocker (a sentiment I agree with).
> 
> Sure it's great that you're working on this issue but I don't think there's
> that many that actally are depending on being able to generate 64bit code.
> 
> * Windows - can't generate 64bit code - not an issue.
> * Mac OS X - one can seamlessly compile both 32 and 64bit code. All system
> libraries ship at least in 32 and 64bit x86 code - not an issue. * Linux -
> Can usually not compile for other architectures. Needs to install 32bit
> compatible libraries - in most of the cases a minor inconvenience. *
> FreeBSD - Don't know, but I'm assuming it's similar to how it's on Linux

I don't know how many people it really is, but there are a number of Linux 
people who consider it to be a major blocker. And the really insidious part is 
that there's going to be quite a few more who _would_ consider it to be a 
major blocker if they realized it was happenining. Instead, they just end up 
with buggy code.

- Jonathan M Davis