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Re: GCC version bikeshedding
- From: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- To: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at libertysurf dot fr>
- Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k dot org>, Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>, "gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, Jason Merrill <jason at redhat dot com>, Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>, Richard Biener <richard dot guenther at gmail dot com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 22:27:48 +0100
- Subject: Re: GCC version bikeshedding
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On 29 July 2014 21:58, Eric Botcazou wrote:
>> How does it change meaning? It's still the major number, just
>> incremented more often.
>
> Reread Ian's post, the original idea is to drop the major version number.
I think you're confusing the topic now.
What are you objecting to, calling the next release from trunk 5.0,
and the next one after that 6.0? Or the wording chosen to describe the
new versioning scheme?