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Re: GCC version bikeshedding
- From: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at libertysurf dot fr>
- To: Richard Sandiford <rdsandiford at googlemail dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, Richard Biener <richard dot guenther at gmail dot com>, Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 22:40:51 +0200
- Subject: Re: GCC version bikeshedding
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> Was this a Cauldron thing? Could you summarise it for the people who
> weren't there? I don't strongly object, but it seems like unnecessary
> churn (especially in terms of user expectations).
Yeah, bumping the major version number every year is a bit ridiculous. Not as
ridiculous as Firefox, but still.
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Eric Botcazou