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[Bug middle-end/47344] [4.6/4.7/4.8 Regression][meta-bug] GCC gets slower and uses more memory
- From: "steven at gcc dot gnu.org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:51:27 +0000
- Subject: [Bug middle-end/47344] [4.6/4.7/4.8 Regression][meta-bug] GCC gets slower and uses more memory
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- References: <bug-47344-4@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/>
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47344
--- Comment #7 from Steven Bosscher <steven at gcc dot gnu.org> 2013-03-06 10:51:27 UTC ---
This bug looks like the wrong idea to me. Old is apparently anything
older than the maintained release branches, but many users "in the field"
still use older compilers that come with their respective distributions.
For instance a regresion that is present since GCC 4.6 but not in GCC 4.5
gets reduced in importance and visibility by not marking it as regression
and instead only adding it to this grab-a-bag PR. Example of such a case
is bug 53958.
This is a change of old existing policy that any regression should be
marked as such. This policy change should have been discussed (and IMHO
rejected) on the GCC mailing list.
Also, this meta-bug depends on not-so-old regressions, so it's already
more like a collection of compile/memory hog issues than a collection
point for apparently "unimportant" regressions.