On Tue, 2021-11-30 at 19:37 +0000, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d- announce wrote: > Hi, > > The latest version of the D language has [now > landed]( > https://gcc.gnu.org/git/?p=gcc.git;a=commit;h=5fee5ec362f7a243f459e6378fd49dfc89dc9fb5 > ) in GCC. > > As the D front-end for GDC is now itself written in D, in order > to build GDC, you will need a working GDC compiler (GCC version > 9.1 or later). > > Of the tested ports that work for bootstrapping the new > front-end, x86_64-linux-gnu is the most battle tested. Others > that have been checked and verified to work include: > - mips-linux-gnu > - powerpc64le-linux-gnu > - sparcv9-sun-solaris > - x86_64-portbld-freebsd12 > - amd64-openbsd6.9 > - x86_64-netbsd > - x86_64-apple-darwin20. > > **Why specifically v2.098.0-beta.1?** No real reason, other than > it was just the last time that I had synchronized my [development > branch](https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gcc/tree/ibuclaw/gdc) > with upstream dmd. > > You can expect this to be bumped again to the latest commit made > to [dmd master](https://github.com/dlang/dmd/commits/master) in > the coming week, and for GDC to closely follow DMD development > until around end of March when we'll switch over to whatever will > be the upcoming DMD version just before the GCC-12 release freeze. > > --- > ``` > $ git show --oneline --stat > 5fee5ec362f d: Import dmd b8384668f, druntime e6caaab9, phobos > 5ab9ad256 (v2.098.0-beta.1) > ... > 2803 files changed, 338878 insertions(+), 193928 deletions(-) > ``` > --- > > **What's left in the pipeline?** For the next six months until > May, its just the usual, too many things to do, too little time > to do them. I haven't forgotten about other improvements that I > started looking into at the beginning of this development cycle: > - Hosting release binaries on the gdc project site (or github, or > both) > - Updating the compilers on the explorer site to version 11 > - Add more targets to the gdc build infrastructure. > > If you think you could contribute in any way, please don't > hesitate to jump on the > [#gdc](https://dlang.slack.com/archives/C6LTP6MV1) channel on the > Dlang Slack or [#d.gdc](irc://irc.libera.chat/d.gdc) on > Libera.Chat IRC and ask about it. > > See you around at the next release or update. > > Regards, > Iain. > > ##### If you are interested in helping support ongoing > development or infrastructure costs for CI and platform testing, > you can do so by making a donation to the [D Language > Foundation](https://dlang.org/foundation/donate.html), > approximations of costs into USD are up on my [Github Sponsor > page](https://github.com/sponsors/ibuclaw/).
Great news! That is awesome -- Sincerely, Luís Ferreira @ lsferreira.net
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