What does the announcement of D 2.003 in the change log mean? Is it intended to be a preview of what is coming with the next release or was it added by mistake?

Max Samukha wrote:

> What does the announcement of D 2.003 in the change log mean? Is it intended to be a preview of what is coming with the next release or was it added by mistake?

Changlog headers links to concrete versions:
ie. http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd.2.003.zip

But sometimes changlog is given befor release :)

Witold Baryluk wrote:

> Changlog headers links to concrete versions:
> ie. http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd.2.003.zip
Hmm, link is not working.

Witold Baryluk wrote:
> Max Samukha wrote:
> 
>> What does the announcement of D 2.003 in the change log mean? Is it
>> intended to be a preview of what is coming with the next release or
>> was it added by mistake?
> 
> Changlog headers links to concrete versions:
> ie. http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd.2.003.zip
> 
> But sometimes changlog is given befor release :)
> 
I was also wondering what's with the 2.003 change log. It's been there since July 1, but the download link never worked.

Xinok wrote:
> Witold Baryluk wrote:
>> Max Samukha wrote:
>>
>>> What does the announcement of D 2.003 in the change log mean? Is it
>>> intended to be a preview of what is coming with the next release or
>>> was it added by mistake?
>>
>> Changlog headers links to concrete versions:
>> ie. http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd.2.003.zip
>>
>> But sometimes changlog is given befor release :)
>>
> I was also wondering what's with the 2.003 change log. It's been there since July 1, but the download link never worked.

While working on the next version, Walter tends to update the change log as he goes.  Occasionally between releases a doc update needs to happen to the website.  When that happens, the in-progress change log gets updated along with everything else.  I dunno that that's the direct cause here, but if I was a betting man...

Later,
Brad

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:16:09 -0700, Brad Roberts <braddr@puremagic.com> wrote:

>Xinok wrote:
>> Witold Baryluk wrote:
>>> Max Samukha wrote:
>>>
>>>> What does the announcement of D 2.003 in the change log mean? Is it intended to be a preview of what is coming with the next release or was it added by mistake?
>>>
>>> Changlog headers links to concrete versions:
>>> ie. http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd.2.003.zip
>>>
>>> But sometimes changlog is given befor release :)
>>>
>> I was also wondering what's with the 2.003 change log. It's been there since July 1, but the download link never worked.
>
>While working on the next version, Walter tends to update the change log as he goes.  Occasionally between releases a doc update needs to happen to the website.  When that happens, the in-progress change log gets updated along with everything else.  I dunno that that's the direct cause here, but if I was a betting man...
>
>Later,
>Brad

Thanks for the explanation. The problem with such premature changelog updates is that they may make people think: "My favorite bug is fixed/feature added. Within a short time the zip will be uploaded and I'll be able to move on". And then nothing happens for a long time. A "Planned for D 2.003" note instead of the release date would be great.