• Martin Nowak (6/6) Sep 06 2015 Glad to announce D 2.068.1.
• BBasile (2/8) Sep 06 2015 Thx. No RC this time ?
• Martin Nowak (3/4) Sep 06 2015 It's a point release, no new features.
• thedeemon (3/5) Sep 06 2015 Great, thanks!
• Joakim (4/9) Sep 06 2015 This is a bugfix point release of 2.068, the last dmd using the
• anonymous (3/4) Sep 07 2015 Trying to download the 7z Windows file gives me a 403.
• Martin Nowak (3/6) Sep 07 2015 Thanks, I just fixed it. The aws client failed to upload that file and
• Jack Stouffer (6/12) Sep 10 2015 Well, it's a little too late, but the compiler outputs the wrong
• Steven Schveighoffer (4/19) Sep 10 2015 I think we can fix this. Looks like the version string is generated on
• Martin Nowak (4/7) Sep 10 2015 Will check what went wrong there.
• Martin Nowak (5/10) Sep 14 2015 It does work for me and the build seems fine as well.
• Jack Stouffer (13/14) Sep 14 2015 I'm on OS X, using the homebrew version of DMD. And homebrew is
• John Colvin (2/17) Sep 14 2015 Yeah, I get this too. Same with 2.068.2-b2
• Martin Nowak (5/10) Sep 14 2015 Well I guess it's a bug in the homebrew script then.
• John Colvin (3/15) Sep 15 2015 Where is the VERSION file documented? Why does it need manual
• Marco Leise (12/29) Sep 16 2015 I noticed this as well. There are different VERSION files
• Martin Nowak (4/6) Sep 16 2015 We should prolly remove the manually updated VERSION file.
• Vladimir Panteleev (4/11) Sep 19 2015 What would DMD identify itself as then, if a version is not
• Nick Sabalausky (11/13) Sep 21 2015 It could use the output of `git describe`.
• Jacob Carlborg (4/8) Sep 14 2015 Working fine here, installed using DVM.

Martin Nowak <code+news.digitalmars dawg.eu> writes:

Glad to announce D 2.068.1.

http://downloads.dlang.org/releases/2.x/2.068.1/

This point release comes with many regression and bug fixes over
2.068.0, see the changelog for more details.



-Martin

"BBasile" <bb.temp gmx.com> writes:

On Sunday, 6 September 2015 at 22:32:54 UTC, Martin Nowak wrote:
 Glad to announce D 2.068.1.

 http://downloads.dlang.org/releases/2.x/2.068.1/

 This point release comes with many regression and bug fixes 
 over 2.068.0, see the changelog for more details.



 -Martin

Thx. No RC this time ?

Martin Nowak <code+news.digitalmars dawg.eu> writes:

On 09/07/2015 12:45 AM, BBasile wrote:
 Thx. No RC this time ?

It's a point release, no new features.
But RC is on the top of my heap https://trello.com/b/XoFjxiqG/active ;).

"thedeemon" <dlang thedeemon.com> writes:

On Sunday, 6 September 2015 at 22:32:54 UTC, Martin Nowak wrote:
 Glad to announce D 2.068.1.


Great, thanks!
Is this version based on DDMD or the old C++ front-end?

"Joakim" <dlang joakim.fea.st> writes:

On Monday, 7 September 2015 at 04:11:27 UTC, thedeemon wrote:
 On Sunday, 6 September 2015 at 22:32:54 UTC, Martin Nowak wrote:
 Glad to announce D 2.068.1.


 Great, thanks!
 Is this version based on DDMD or the old C++ front-end?

This is a bugfix point release of 2.068, the last dmd using the 
old C++ front end.  2.069 will be the first release of ddmd, ie 
the D front end.

anonymous <anonymous example.com> writes:

On Monday 07 September 2015 00:32, Martin Nowak wrote:

 http://downloads.dlang.org/releases/2.x/2.068.1/

Trying to download the 7z Windows file gives me a 403.

http://downloads.dlang.org/releases/2015/dmd.2.068.1.windows.7z

Martin Nowak <code+news.digitalmars dawg.eu> writes:

On 09/07/2015 12:21 PM, anonymous wrote:
 Trying to download the 7z Windows file gives me a 403.
 
 http://downloads.dlang.org/releases/2015/dmd.2.068.1.windows.7z

Thanks, I just fixed it. The aws client failed to upload that file and
it was hard to notice in the log output.

"Jack Stouffer" <jack jackstouffer.com> writes:

On Sunday, 6 September 2015 at 22:32:54 UTC, Martin Nowak wrote:
 Glad to announce D 2.068.1.

 http://downloads.dlang.org/releases/2.x/2.068.1/

 This point release comes with many regression and bug fixes 
 over 2.068.0, see the changelog for more details.



 -Martin

Well, it's a little too late, but the compiler outputs the wrong 
version:

$ dmd --version
DMD64 D Compiler v2.068
Copyright (c) 1999-2015 by Digital Mars written by Walter Bright

Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy yahoo.com> writes:

On 9/10/15 1:46 PM, Jack Stouffer wrote:
 On Sunday, 6 September 2015 at 22:32:54 UTC, Martin Nowak wrote:
 Glad to announce D 2.068.1.

 http://downloads.dlang.org/releases/2.x/2.068.1/

 This point release comes with many regression and bug fixes over
 2.068.0, see the changelog for more details.



 -Martin

 Well, it's a little too late, but the compiler outputs the wrong version:

 $ dmd --version
 DMD64 D Compiler v2.068
 Copyright (c) 1999-2015 by Digital Mars written by Walter Bright

I think we can fix this. Looks like the version string is generated on 
build, and has no effect on the code at all.

-Steve

"Martin Nowak" <code dawg.eu> writes:

On Thursday, 10 September 2015 at 18:27:08 UTC, Steven 
Schveighoffer wrote:
 I think we can fix this. Looks like the version string is 
 generated on build, and has no effect on the code at all.

 -Steve

Will check what went wrong there.
https://trello.com/c/k6TFqHgY/89-check-version-number-of-compiler

Martin Nowak <code dawg.eu> writes:

On Thursday, 10 September 2015 at 17:46:53 UTC, Jack Stouffer 
wrote:
 Well, it's a little too late, but the compiler outputs the 
 wrong version:

 $ dmd --version
 DMD64 D Compiler v2.068
 Copyright (c) 1999-2015 by Digital Mars written by Walter Bright

It does work for me and the build seems fine as well.
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/installer/blob/c6f8648e56ca58e1cad65a441e2d765ca96f1da0/create_dmd_release/build_all.d#L345
What platform are you on?

Jack Stouffer <jack jackstouffer.com> writes:

On Monday, 14 September 2015 at 17:51:59 UTC, Martin Nowak wrote:
 What platform are you on?

I'm on OS X, using the homebrew version of DMD. And homebrew is 
telling me that I have 2.068.1 installed

$ brew install dmd
Warning: dmd-2.068.1 already installed

$ dmd --version
DMD64 D Compiler v2.068
Copyright (c) 1999-2015 by Digital Mars written by Walter Bright

And if I check

$ which dmd
/usr/local/bin/dmd

Then if I check the link

/usr/local/bin/dmd -> ../Cellar/dmd/2.068.1/bin/dmd

John Colvin <john.loughran.colvin gmail.com> writes:

On Monday, 14 September 2015 at 20:14:45 UTC, Jack Stouffer wrote:
 On Monday, 14 September 2015 at 17:51:59 UTC, Martin Nowak 
 wrote:
 What platform are you on?

 I'm on OS X, using the homebrew version of DMD. And homebrew is 
 telling me that I have 2.068.1 installed

 $ brew install dmd
 Warning: dmd-2.068.1 already installed

 $ dmd --version
 DMD64 D Compiler v2.068
 Copyright (c) 1999-2015 by Digital Mars written by Walter Bright

 And if I check

 $ which dmd
 /usr/local/bin/dmd

 Then if I check the link

 /usr/local/bin/dmd -> ../Cellar/dmd/2.068.1/bin/dmd

Yeah, I get this too. Same with 2.068.2-b2

Martin Nowak <code dawg.eu> writes:

On Monday, 14 September 2015 at 20:14:45 UTC, Jack Stouffer wrote:
 On Monday, 14 September 2015 at 17:51:59 UTC, Martin Nowak 
 wrote:
 What platform are you on?

 I'm on OS X, using the homebrew version of DMD. And homebrew is 
 telling me that I have 2.068.1 installed

Well I guess it's a bug in the homebrew script then.
Nobody is setting the VERSION file and there is no git repo to 
query.
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/f8b0ff3ef63e60a1da17ec8d8e68d949b1cebc27/Library/Formula/dmd.rb#L50

John Colvin <john.loughran.colvin gmail.com> writes:

On Monday, 14 September 2015 at 23:53:16 UTC, Martin Nowak wrote:
 On Monday, 14 September 2015 at 20:14:45 UTC, Jack Stouffer 
 wrote:
 On Monday, 14 September 2015 at 17:51:59 UTC, Martin Nowak 
 wrote:
 What platform are you on?

 I'm on OS X, using the homebrew version of DMD. And homebrew 
 is telling me that I have 2.068.1 installed

 Well I guess it's a bug in the homebrew script then.
 Nobody is setting the VERSION file and there is no git repo to 
 query.
 https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/f8b0ff3ef63e60a1da17ec8d8e68d949b1cebc27/Library/Formula/dmd.rb#L50

Where is the VERSION file documented? Why does it need manual 
intervention only for patch releases and pre-releases?

Marco Leise <Marco.Leise gmx.de> writes:

Am Tue, 15 Sep 2015 08:39:41 +0000
schrieb John Colvin <john.loughran.colvin gmail.com>:

 On Monday, 14 September 2015 at 23:53:16 UTC, Martin Nowak wrote:
 On Monday, 14 September 2015 at 20:14:45 UTC, Jack Stouffer 
 wrote:
 On Monday, 14 September 2015 at 17:51:59 UTC, Martin Nowak 
 wrote:
 What platform are you on?

 I'm on OS X, using the homebrew version of DMD. And homebrew 
 is telling me that I have 2.068.1 installed

 Well I guess it's a bug in the homebrew script then.
 Nobody is setting the VERSION file and there is no git repo to 
 query.
 https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/f8b0ff3ef63e60a1da17ec8d8e68d949b1cebc27/Library/Formula/dmd.rb#L50

 
 Where is the VERSION file documented? Why does it need manual 
 intervention only for patch releases and pre-releases?

I noticed this as well. There are different VERSION files
depending on where you download DMD source code from: The
releases on GitHub have 2.068 while the releases on dlang.org
have 2.068.1 in VERSION. That's easy to miss when you build
from source.
(Also the dlang.org downloads add to the DMD download
statistics, which is why I use those even though they
include extra binaries for all OSs.)

-- 
Marco

Martin Nowak <code dawg.eu> writes:

On Tuesday, 15 September 2015 at 08:39:43 UTC, John Colvin wrote:
 Where is the VERSION file documented? Why does it need manual 
 intervention only for patch releases and pre-releases?

We should prolly remove the manually updated VERSION file.
The other build scripts update the file or pass VERSION=bla to 
make.

Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow.lists gmail.com> writes:

On Wednesday, 16 September 2015 at 18:34:48 UTC, Martin Nowak 
wrote:
 On Tuesday, 15 September 2015 at 08:39:43 UTC, John Colvin 
 wrote:
 Where is the VERSION file documented? Why does it need manual 
 intervention only for patch releases and pre-releases?

 We should prolly remove the manually updated VERSION file.
 The other build scripts update the file or pass VERSION=bla to 
 make.

What would DMD identify itself as then, if a version is not 
specified on make's command line?

Nick Sabalausky <SeeWebsiteToContactMe semitwist.com> writes:

On 09/19/2015 07:51 PM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
 What would DMD identify itself as then, if a version is not specified on
 make's command line?

It could use the output of `git describe`.

That would probably be better anyway, because non-release builds would 
properly identify themselves as non-release builds with both the most 
recent tag name AND, if local HEAD isn't tagged, it will also include 
the git commit hash (and, IIRC, the number of commits since the most 
recent tag). *Much* better than having two months of master commits all 
identifying as the exact same version.

<shameless plug> gen-package-version[1] operates on exactly that 
strategy (which I learned about from dub's source).

[1] https://github.com/Abscissa/gen-package-version

Jacob Carlborg <doob me.com> writes:

On 2015-09-10 19:46, Jack Stouffer wrote:

 Well, it's a little too late, but the compiler outputs the wrong version:

 $ dmd --version
 DMD64 D Compiler v2.068
 Copyright (c) 1999-2015 by Digital Mars written by Walter Bright

Working fine here, installed using DVM.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg