Re: Patch to move warning for X<=Y<=Z from -W to -Wparentheses

[Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>]

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> > > This patch moves the warning about comparisons such as X<=Y<=Z from
> > > -Wextra into -Wparentheses.
> > Would you mind adding a short note to gcc-3.5/changes.html?
> I'm still unconvinced that such trivial tweaks to which warnings on in
> what option deserve mention in the release notes (cf.
> <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-11/msg00816.html>); though in this
> case there was no bug report requesting the move, if anything that makes
> it less significant and less worthy of comment.

My reasoning was/is that users may need to adjust their Makefiles to get
the original behavior they may have come to rely upon.

> But perhaps you have specific criteria in mind for what changes merit 
> (a) mention on release notes, (b) mention on the front page of 
> gcc.gnu.org, (c) mention on gcc-announce.

In my opinion, everything that requires a user to edit a Makefile or 
source code is a good candidate for being mentioned in the release notes.

Larger accomplishments, either as part of a specific, focused project, or
long term committment, merit mention on the front page.  Examples include
things like tree-ssa, new backends, major advances in optimization or
standards compliance

gcc-announce for new releases and announcements of frontends or backends
being dropped, for example.

Gerald