Re: Patch: fix gcj ICE

[Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>]

Ranjit Mathew writes:
 > >  > Ok for trunk?  (Given that this is an ICE on illegal code only, I
 > >  > don't think it is very important for 3.3.)
 > >  > 
 > >  > Tom
 > >  > 
 > >  > Index: gcc/java/ChangeLog
 > >  > from  Tom Tromey  <tromey at redhat dot com>
 > >  > 
 > >  > * parse.y (resolve_inner_class): Error if qualifier is a primitive
 > >  > type.
 > > 
 > > OK for trunk.
 > 
 > A general question: would such patches make it to the (say) 3.3.1
 > release? I'm asking this because I see a few "desirable" patches
 > being merged into the trunk but not the 3.3 branch, understandably
 > due to its proximity to release (when?), but does the 3.3 branch
 > have a chance of "catching up" on these ever?

No.  If we do that, there will be no difference between 3.3.1 and 3.4.

The rule as I understand it is this: new features go into 3.4, bug
fixes into 3.3.  If there is a major performance fix or particularly
vital feature, it may get back ported to 3.3.

Andrew.