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Re: gcc-4.1-20080303 is now available

From: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at adacore dot com>
To: "Kaveh R. GHAZI" <ghazi at caip dot rutgers dot edu>
Cc: Richard Guenther <richard dot guenther at gmail dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>, Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:33:55 +0100
Subject: Re: gcc-4.1-20080303 is now available
References: <20080303224021.17925.qmail@sourceware.org> <200803151310.35735.ebotcazou@adacore.com> <Pine.GSO.4.58.0803152256420.18276@caipclassic.rutgers.edu>

> I understand and can support (up to a point) the desire of distributors to
> continue working within GPLv2 and I know that's why the 4.1 branch is in
> this situation.  However IMHO this position is in tension with the
> interests of users who don't get gcc from distributors (think
> non-linux-gnu platforms) and therefore leaving the 4.1 branch in this
> situation forever eventually is against the interests of the FSF.

I don't think anyone talked about leaving the 4.1 branch in this state 
forever, just that it would not be moved to GPLv3 before being closed.

If maintaining it is now too much of a burden, then let's close it.

-- 
Eric Botcazou

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