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Re: List of Supported Platforms (was: GCC 3.0 Release Criteria)
- To: pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at (Gerald Pfeifer)
- Subject: Re: List of Supported Platforms (was: GCC 3.0 Release Criteria)
- From: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot COM>
- Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 08:51:32 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: martin at loewis dot home dot cs dot tu-berlin dot de (Martin v. Loewis), khan at nanotech dot wisc dot edu, mark at codesourcery dot com (Mark Mitchell), gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Martin v. Loewis wrote:
> > Ok. I'd also like to have a list of "supported platforms", since that
> > is really a FAQ. I can live with that list living in the release
> > criteria, although I really think there should be an independent list.
Gerald Pfeifer writes:
> Having it associated with some specific release (by putting it into the
> gcc-3.0 subdirectory) does make some sense, however, or you use a table
> with a column like "supported since" or "supported with releases...".
We need to use some other phrase besides "supported", as the GCC project
does not provide support (implying that users have a right to demand
assistance and fixes).
Perhaps "tested platforms" with an explanation of what this means.