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Re: gcc 3.5 integration branch proposal
On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 16:11, Ziemowit Laski wrote:
> On 12 Jan, 2004, at 15.49, Mark Mitchell wrote:
>
> > Apple (and some other vendors, including CodeSourcery) is in the
> > position of doing its own release management and bug-fixing based on
> > various versions of GCC. Therefore, having high-quality FSF releases
> > may not make much of a difference to Apple; Apple doesn't use it
> > directly anyhow.
>
> And the reason we don't is because the FSF keeps shooting down our
> patches.
> You just can't have it both ways.
I don't necessarily disagree.
But, that doesn't alter the fact that my goal -- with my FSF RM hat on
-- is to produce high-quality FSF releases, until or unless the FSF
requests otherwise.
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Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com>
CodeSourcery, LLC