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New definition of regression
- From: Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gmail dot com>
- To: GCC Mailing List <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, Steven Bosscher <stevenb dot gcc at gmail dot com>, Richard Guenther <rguenther at suse dot de>
- Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 20:42:43 -0800
- Subject: New definition of regression
I am not a fan of the new definition of a regression. Yes the new
definition helps out release managers but it does not help out our
users at all. In fact I think it hurts them more as some don't update
as fast as the release managers think they do. I still support a 4.3
based GCC and only starting to roll out a 4.7 based GCC. I think it
is wrong to say memory/compile time hogs are not regressions any more
just for the fun of it.
Also this was not discussed at all on the list or I did not see it
being discussed. This decision should not be taken lightly when it
comes to some users of the compiler.
Thanks,
Andrew Pinski