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Re: GCC version bikeshedding
- From: Richard Sandiford <rdsandiford at googlemail dot com>
- To: Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k dot org>
- Cc: Richard Biener <richard dot guenther at gmail dot com>, Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 09:00:48 +0100
- Subject: Re: GCC version bikeshedding
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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:
> Richard Sandiford <rdsandiford@googlemail.com> writes:
>> So if x.y.z is __GNU__.__GNU_MINOR__.__GNU_PATCHLEVEL__ then the positions
>> in the number stay the same but the meanings of __GNU_MINOR__ and
>> __GNU_PATCHLEVEL__ change.
>
> There is no change in meaning.
Sure there is, in terms of the release progression. The whole point of
the discussion is that what used to be the "patchlevel" would become
the "minor version".
Richard