Hi Russel,

I don't think that there are actually a lot of conflicting expectations at play here.

From the looks of it, 1.0 will actually end up being more of a technical milestone (D-based frontend, etc.) than much of a change in how progress is made. As always, we strive for it to be the best LDC release ever, but to read some special notion of constancy into the version number would be mistaken.

On a related note, keeping LDC up to date with upstream DMD was independently recognised to be an important strategic goal by a large number of people at DConf. In particular, Daniel Murphy has been pushing the point that we should unify the frontend between DMD and LDC, and Andrei made the executive decision to go forward with that. This would be a great opportunity to get involved for anybody interested in having an up-to-date LDC, as we might be a bit slim on the manpower to work towards that.

Best,
David


On 27 Apr 2016, at 9:38, Russel Winder via digitalmars-d-ldc wrote:
> Given that LDC 1.0.0 will go with the 2.070.2 front end, I am assuming
> that a switch to the 2.071 front end will be LDC 1.1. Whilst it is
> right and proper to focus more on getting 1.0.0 out of the door in a
> good state, might it be wise to set expectations now about timing and
> numbering of keeping up with DMD frontend versions?
>
> Clearly there are two conflicting tensions here:
>
> 1. Once 1.0.0 is out of the door, it will define D for years, and act
> as an anchor against change.
>
> 2. There is always a bleeding edge group who will demand LDC is always
> up to date with DMD front end (people like me :-)
>
> Balancing these is always hard, but worth doing. Setting expectations
> as part of the 1.0.0 release cycle strikes me as a good idea.
>
>
> PS I can confirm that the 2.071 branch is working fine for me.
>
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