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Re: Revised release criteria for GCC 4.0
- From: "Giovanni Bajo" <rasky at develer dot com>
- To: "Scott Robert Ladd" <scott dot ladd at gmail dot com>,"Mark Mitchell" <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>,<gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:37:38 +0100
- Subject: Re: Revised release criteria for GCC 4.0
- References: <41BCF9EB.6070900@codesourcery.com> <477dff55041215081628bc4b99@mail.gmail.com>
Scott Robert Ladd <scott.ladd@gmail.com> wrote:
> Also, do the current commitment restrictions prohibit enhancements for
> gfortran?
I would not agree with that.
> Since it's a new front end, it doesn't have regressions, per
> se, unless you consider it in comparison to g77 (i.e., gfortran
> failures to compile old g77-compatible code are regressions).
When we speak of regression, we do not strictly speak of a techinical
regression in the compiler code, rather a regression in the user experience
of the product. If somebody was using GCC 3.4 for his Fortran code, and GCC
4.0 is unable to compile it because of a bug[*], then it is a regression,
and will probably prevent the user from upgrading to the newer version. The
fact that the frontend is brand new is a non-point.
--
Giovanni Bajo