Latest DMD for Windows downloaded from here: https://downloads.dlang.org/releases/2.x/2.105.3/dmd-2.105.3.exe reports version as dirty:

DMD64 D Compiler v2.105.3-dirty
Copyright (C) 1999-2023 by The D Language Foundation, All Rights Reserved written by Walter Bright

what does it mean by dirty?

On Saturday, 18 November 2023 at 18:52:07 UTC, JN wrote:

Oops. It means whoever built it had uncommitted changes in their version of the code. It's probably harmless though - somebody trying to smuggle in changes could just disable that annotation.

On Saturday, 18 November 2023 at 18:52:07 UTC, JN wrote:

Something in the build process changes a file and therefore the thing that checks the version marks it as dirty. It’s perfectly fine, this is the official release.

It’s a bit embarrassing to be honest. The windows binaries have been reporting dirty for years and nobody cares to fix it.

-Steve