On Wednesday, 6 November 2013 at 21:25:46 UTC, Walter Bright
wrote:
There have been a lot of comments about the package naming
scheme and numbering scheme. I confess that these issues do not
seem that important to me, as the user just clicks on a url,
but I recognize that they are very important to others.
This is why I believe that D needs a Build Master. This person
needs to be someone who ensures that the packages are all
properly built, the build scripts work, the versions are done
right, the git tags are done, etc., and takes pride in it being
done to perfection.
(Note that because dmd changes constantly, and the operating
system targets also change constantly, the package build
scripts constantly break.)
Eventually, I'd like at least the package builds to be done
automatically by Brad's autotester. But someone still needs to
make sure it is working properly and keeps working properly.
This is why large projects have release manager(s). The more D
becomes popular, the more work will be performed by this
individual, or individuals. Especially if we want to support
various Linux distributions, etc...
