GCC 3.0

[Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>]

I am becoming increasingly concerned about the release f GCC 3.0.

Progress on some aspects of the GCC 3.0 release criteria (namely,
turning on libstdc++ V3 and the conversion of the Java front-end to
use the new C++ ABI) have shown little progress in quite some time.
Those changes, together with libgcc.so (which, thanks to Richard, we
are making some progress on) are critical -- and to my knowledge the
only major pieces of functionality missing.

It is imperative that these items be completed in the near future.

To some extent, this is my fault.  I have tried to avoid riding
everybody too hard, and I have also not put as much time into GCC
(coding these bits myself) as I had hoped.  As mentioned before, GCC
3.0 is one of my two primary tasks for the next several months; I am
not scheduled on any other projects.  I hope to redeem myself,
plugging some holes soon.

On the other hand, I'm disappointed in the follow through from
maintainers for these parts of the toolchain.  The information about
what needs doing hasn't changed in several months, and there's been
little progress.  I understand that everyone has been busy, but the
failure of this stuff to get done puts me in a difficult position.

Please attempt to focus on these critical issues in the short term.

If you are a volunteer looking for something to do, your contributions
in these areas will be more valuable than other miscellaneous
improvements.

Thank you,

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Mark Mitchell                   mark@codesourcery.com
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