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Re: Version Number
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>
- To: "Miguel M." <radioact1ve at yahoo dot com>
- Cc: radioact1ve1ve at yahoo dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 08:17:58 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: Re: Version Number
- References: <20030816060739.20146.qmail@web40705.mail.yahoo.com>
On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Miguel M. wrote:
> I just noticed that Im running GCC 3.2.2. I wanted to get 3.3.1. But
> then I remembered that odd numbers related to a testing version to the
> application (like the Linux kernel). Does this rule apply to GCC?
No, it does not.
3.2.x and 3.3.x both are release branches, where the .x releases are
maintainance releases (which should be strictly better with increasing
.x and have extremely little risk for regressions).
The versions numbers of snapshots look as follows
version 3.4 20030816 (experimental)
^^^^^^^^^^^^
or
version 3.3 20030816 (prerelease)
^^^^^^^^^^
Hope this helps,
Gerald
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