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Re: 4.2 Backport fix for PR libfortran/31196
On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 12:49:49PM -0700, Mike Stump wrote:
> On Apr 16, 2007, at 11:30 AM, Steve Kargl wrote:
> >I don't see how this penalizes anyone. Anyone can continue to
> >work in their local repository.
>
> They cannot mark a bug as fixed and move on to the next one. They
> cannot do final integration testing with mainline. They cannot get
> it in mainline. For those that never need to do these things, I
> guess it wouldn't be a penalty. At times, a few of us would like to
> be able to do these things.
Then, I guess you have an incentive to help get the release
out of the door by fixing bugs in 4.2 instead of mainline.
Your response above is just another example of why 4.2 has
lingered in a catatonic state. Not to mention that it is
a weak strawman argument given Mark's statment:
The broader question of why there are so many 124 P3 or higher
regressions against 4.2.0 points to a more fundamental problem.
Despite the fact that virtually all of the bugs open against 4.2.0 are
also open against 4.1 or 4.3 -- or both! -- there seems to be little
interest in fixing them.
--
Steve