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Re: GCC 4.4.0 Status Report (2009-01-06)
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 2:04 AM, Dave Korn
<dave.korn.cygwin@googlemail.com> wrote:
> [Cc list trimmed]
>
> Richard Guenther wrote:
>> Status
>> ======
>>
>> The trunk remains Stage 4, so only fixes for regressions (and changes
>> to documentation) are allowed.
>
> Hello Richard,
>
> There are a number of bootstrap failures on the cygwin platform, which I am
> currently fixing at full tilt. See PRs:
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37660
> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38903
I guess the second one is a regression? Please mark the PR as such if this
is the case.
> for which I have submitted one patch so far:
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2009-01/msg00896.html
>
> and am working on a second now for PR37660.
>
> There is also a problem that is not a regression but a non-conformance
> issue in a new feature; the shared libgcc DLL built on Cygwin does not adhere
> to the naming conventions for the platform. See PR:
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38904
>
> for which I will also shortly submit a patch, to be applied optionally on top
> of the 37660 fix.
Is this an ABI break from 4.3 then? You should make sure to note this in
the release notes.
> If I understand rightly, it is the case that target maintainers are allowed
> some leeway in what to accept during stage 4, in which case I would like to
Correct.
> appeal for consideration of my patch to resolve this issue to be included
> before 4.4, so that we don't have to suffer an ABI break by waiting for 4.5 to
> fix it. This patch will also touch one part of the global build machinery,
> mkmap-flat.awk, and although it only touches an if() clause that is strictly
> target-specific, a build maintainer would have to give approval as well.
>
> I notice we're starting to reach the < 100 open PRs point, although there
> are still a few P1s, so do you think I'll have another two or three days
> before you start looking at freezing for branching?
I don't think we will freeze before 4.3.3 is finally out (which I would expect
at the end of this week). But I wouldn't take bets on being in stage4
at Feb 1st ;)
Richard.
> cheers,
> DaveK
>