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Re: Beyond GCC 3.0: Summing Up
- To: Richard Kenner <kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu>
- Subject: Re: Beyond GCC 3.0: Summing Up
- From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:27:45 -0700
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <10107101717.AA12844@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>
On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 01:17:20PM -0400, Richard Kenner wrote:
> Within that cycle, they are testing a major gcc release, which
> consists of the .0 release and consequent .0.x releases. Their goal is
> to find a reliable .0.x release which can build the whole
> distribution. If the current release doesn't work and takes too long
> for the next .0.x release, I don't they will even try the new gcc.
>
> But there's no guarantee that *any* release will be able to build the whole
> distribution unless we take steps to make sure that's the case. The way
> that's done is to make that building part of the qualification testing
> for *any* release and to ensure that enough time is given in the release
> cycle for this actually to be done.
That is your way, which I don't think will work for any Linux/xxxBSD
distribution vendors. We have to find a way which works for them, not
for us. You can ask any Linux/xxxBSD distribution vendors if they
want to try a pre-release of gcc to build their whole distribution.
I think they may be more comfortable with a released version, knowing
a new bug fix release will be out every 2 or 3 weeks.
H.J.