Re: New STL implementation from SGI

[Nathan Myers <ncm at cygnus dot com>]

Jeffrey A Law wrote:
> IMHO, it's unwise to try and
> suck in a new STL release at this point.  Unless we want to push back
> the release schedule again (which then runs the risk of hitting the
> next Cygnus EOQ).
> 
> Getting the egcs-1.1 release out in August is still the target, if we
> miss it, it's likely to fall into October due to Cygnus EOQ concerns.

The new release fixes bugs and is substantially closer to conformance.  
I'd like to see somebody try integrating it before any decision is made. 
It probably will fold in easily, as SGI has been responsive to the needs 
of Egcs users.  The version in the rewrite (which is identical in all but
packaging details) passes the test suites fine.

People using STL have learned not to expect binary compatibility from one 
release to the next.  Eventually it will stabilize, but it does no harm
to remind people that we're not near there yet.

Nathan Myers
ncm@cygnus.com