On 16 July 2012 18:31, Adam Wilson <flybo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:21:39 -0700, Iain Buclaw <ibuc...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > >> On 16 July 2012 14:00, Marco Leise <marco.le...@gmx.de> wrote: >>> >>> Am Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:51:16 -0700 >>> schrieb "Adam Wilson" <flybo...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> As it shows, the beta phase doesn't always catch all regressions in >>> people's code, so I encourage you to do this project and eventually it will >>> be used by GDC and other major from-source projects. By the way: Should this >>> also later become the base for the official zip file download? IIRC Walter >>> wanted to keep track of the DMD downloads from the main web site (no >>> redistribution) and hotfixed versions of D could become increasingly >>> popular. >>> >>> -- >>> Marco >>> >> >> And what benefits would GDC get from opting to use this rather than >> the normal releases? >> > > The main benefit I could see is the faster cycle focusing on bugs. I don't > know what GCC's release cycle is (something tells me it's pretty glacial), > but for any users of your Git-HEAD code, the bug fixes could certainly > appear faster. >
It's roughly once a year, maybe a little less. Depends on regressions, open bugs, etc. -- Iain Buclaw *(p < e ? p++ : p) = (c & 0x0f) + '0';