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Re: Closing 4.2 branch
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- To: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:48:27 -0800
- Subject: Re: Closing 4.2 branch
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0812201516130.23022@digraph.polyomino.org.uk>
Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> As no volunteers to produce a further 4.2 release or releases have come
> forward since the last status report
> <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2008-05/msg00216.html>, I propose to close the
> 4.2 branch after 4.4 is branched and all the steps in the branching
> checklist <http://gcc.gnu.org/branching.html> have been completed for 4.4.
I think that's appropriate.
> This means disabling snapshots and nightly DATESTAMP updates for the
> branch, closing bugs that are open as 4.2 regressions but fixed in 4.3,
> 4.4 and 4.5, and removing "4.2/" from the summaries of 4.2 regression bugs
> that remain open as also being regressions in future releases.
Let's add a checklist for that as well; it's a mechanical process that
we may as well document.
Thanks,
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Mark Mitchell
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