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Re: state of 3.2.1-pre: how far from release?
- From: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot com>
- To: prj at po dot cwru dot edu (Paul Jarc)
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 14:56:31 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: state of 3.2.1-pre: how far from release?
Paul Jarc writes:
> My two cents: I'm not sure whether this is already covered by your
> description, but I'd suggest that, for example, an ICE on incorrect
> code should not be a blocker, even if it's a regression.
Agreed. The main reason that the rules are the way they are is that,
for point releases (e.g. 3.2.1) the purpose is only to fix regressions,
not to add new code to implement things that have never worked before.
So we can fix ICEs, for example. It should not be a promise that all
regressions will be fixed, just that it is OK to fix them if we have a
fix.