[Bug fortran/15477] New: gfortran should not have own version number

["jsm28 at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

gfortran has its own version number, which appears in gfortran.texi
and as GFC_VERSION in gfortran.h, which however doesn't seem to be
used anywhere.  As a part of GCC not independently released, it should
just use the GCC version number.  (Even parts that are independently
released, such as the Ada front end, now tend to use the GCC version
number when in GCC although other numbers may be used for independent
releases.)

(Of course libgfortran needs its own ABI version number, but that is
only used to set the library soname and should only be incremented in
accordance with the libtool rules for setting ABI versions and can
stay at zero until there's been a release to care about compatibility with.)

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           Summary: gfortran should not have own version number
           Product: gcc
           Version: 3.5.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: fortran
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: jsm28 at gcc dot gnu dot org
                CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15477