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  • From: Viggo Holmsen <vholmsen AT online.no>
  • To: Tony Smith <tony AT smee.org>, Dufflebunk <dufflebunk AT dufflebunk.homeip.net>
  • Cc: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] GCC 3 anyone?
  • Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 18:59:30 +0200

- GCC 3.1.1 will be unmaintained ! No further patches will be made available
for the 3.1.x codeline, as explained in the gcc-mailinglists.

- Viggo




On Wednesday 17 July 2002 18:49, Tony Smith wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 July 2002 5:29 pm, Viggo Holmsen wrote:
> > I believe we should wait.
> >
> > 1) GCC 3.1.1 is planned for release on july 21 with bugfixes, but the
> > branch will be unmaintained after that.
> > I think we would be better off by skipping GCC 3.1.1.
>
> Unmaintained, or just superceded? i.e. if a serious bug emerges will it be
> addressed in the 3.1.x codeline?
>
> > 2) GCC 3.2 is planned for release on july 23 and will be the actively
> > maintained branch. It will require a sorcery rebuild, since the C++ ABI
> > will be incompatible with 3.1.
>
> We'd have to do that anyway as Julian pointed out when we go to gcc 3.x.
>
> > 3) I think we should migrate to GCC 3.2 as soon as possible in the devel
> > grimoire, and let it filter down.
>
> OK, that's enough reasons for me. The test/stable branches will avoid GCC 3
> for a while longer.
>
> Tony.
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