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Re: GCC 3.3, GCC 3.4
- From: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
- To: Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz at redhat dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, mark at codesourcery dot com
- Date: 31 Jan 2003 01:32:40 +0100
- Subject: Re: GCC 3.3, GCC 3.4
- Organization: Integrable Solutions
- References: <20030130181313.7d3c5820.bkoz@redhat.com><874r7q9npv.fsf@egil.codesourcery.com>
Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> writes:
| Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz@redhat.com> writes:
| >
| > I've versioned the runtimes assuming that 3.3 will not break the 3.2
| > ABI, and that 3.4 will. Lacking clear guidance on what to do, I think
| > this was an ok decision.
|
| There are groups out there, such as the LSB (Linux Standard Base)
| effort, who are working on the assumption that the 3.2 ABI will
| *never* be changed again.
I believe the agreement was that the 3.2 and 3.3 won't be changed for
the 3.2.x and 3.3.x series.
But that agreement does not export to higher versions. People reading
more into that agreement should be advised to coordinate/ask people
workiing the C++ ABI and GCC/g++.
-- Gaby