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Re: [PATCH, RFC] Enable IBM long double for PPC32 Linux
Geoffrey Keating wrote:
> 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'.
Yes, although I believe that someone from Apple also mentioned that this
functionality was desirable.
> That is, if the patches turn out to break powerpc-aix, or
> powerpc-darwin, the release will be held until that is resolved.
We will not release with known breakage from this path on primary or
secondary platforms. Were that to occur, we would either back out the
patch, or fix the problem.
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