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Re: [PATCH] PR c++/27574
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:17 PM, Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> Jason Merrill wrote:
>> Richard Guenther wrote:
>>> Note that the 4.1 branch is closed.
>>
>> In the past, I believe the policy has been that it's OK to check in
>> patches on closed branches if they are appropriate for a release branch;
>> closed just means there won't be any more releases.
>
> Yes, that's my understanding of the policy as well. I see no harm if
> people want to continue maintaining old branches under the usual
> release-branch rules.
I thought for the 4.1 branch there was the additional issue that we
do not want to make it GPLv3. So while individual contributions under
GLPv2 are ok, backporting other peoples work may create a problem.
So I thought better really close the branch to avoid even thinking about
this issue.
Richard.
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