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Re: Will tree-ssa be GCC 3.5?
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>
- To: Scott Robert Ladd <coyote at coyotegulch dot com>
- Cc: Jim Wilson <wilson at specifixinc dot com>,Phil Edwards <phil at codesourcery dot com>,Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:52:14 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: Re: Will tree-ssa be GCC 3.5?
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On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Scott Robert Ladd wrote:
> I prefer sooner as opposed to later.
>
> Many, many potential testers are intimidated by downloading and
> compiling a compiler from CVS; it's unfamiliar territory, especially for
> many "compiler users" who are bright people but who have never worked
> with free software.
>
> Perhaps it is time to begin posting weekly snapshots of tree-ssa, to
> make things simpler for potential experimenters?
Well, yes, and no. Note that we are still maintaining the GCC 3.3 branch
(which is widely used), plus we really, really need to work on getting 3.4
out of the door.
In my opinion, focusing on tree-ssa too much at this point in time will
further delay GCC 3.4, while putting too little effort into tree-ssa may
delay GCC 3.5 (or however we'll call it).
(I'm saying this as someone who is regularily testing tree-ssa and
grateful to those who are devoting most of their GCC time working on
tree-ssa _and_ those who are fixing bugs on mainline for the release.)
> Precisely. Running in parallel is always a good idea, whether you're
> installing a new computer or updating software tools.
Though, with limited resources, it isn't always feasible in an efficient
way.
(Load three compute intensive task on your uni-processor box, and you'll
agree. ;-) )
Gerald
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