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A request for GCC 3.5 snapshots
- From: Kelley Cook <kcook34 at ford dot com>
- To: GCC Mailing List <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 10:31:35 -0500
- Subject: A request for GCC 3.5 snapshots
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- Reply-to: Kelley Cook <kelleycook at yahoo dot com>
I've read that the 3.5 snapshots would start after 3.4.0 was released,
however I am making a request for weekly gcc 3.5 snapshots to be put on
the ftp site much sooner.
Due to a restrictive security policy, I am unable to access the CVS tree
from my employer's network. Personally, I find using the weekly
snapshots easier to access than using "cvs rdiff" to a USB key-drive.
It would be nice to be able to also have access to a recent copy of the
current mainline.
At a lower priority, another nice addition would be daily diffs. The
extra ftp space required could be easily offset by eliminating the
redundant gcc-{core,ada,fortran,*} versions from the snapshots. In my
estimation, they are pointless; snapshots, being transient in nature, do
not need to cater to those few users who wish to pick and choose their
components.
To further clarify, I am not suggesting they be eliminated for releases.
I would volunteer to implement such a change, if it was deemed worthy.
Thanks,
Kelley Cook