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Re: [PATCH, RFC] Enable IBM long double for PPC32 Linux
Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> writes:
> However, the PowerPC GNU/Linux community seems to want this feature very
> badly, and has suggested that failure to incorporate these patches in
> GCC 4.1 would be very bad. My feeling is that it is the PowerPC
> community which will be harmed if they get the patches wrong, so it's
> somewhat reasonable to let those folks balance risk and reward. I would
> not be inclined to hold up the release for these changes, but we're not
> ready to release yet, so this is not yet an issue.
I hope that in the second sentence here, when you say 'PowerPC
community', you are using that only as an abbreviation for 'PowerPC
GNU/Linux community'.
That is, if the patches turn out to break powerpc-aix, or
powerpc-darwin, the release will be held until that is resolved.
Otherwise I also object to putting such a change in so late in the
process.