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RE: [wwwdocs] Document ARM/embedded-x_y-branch family
- From: "Terry Guo" <terry dot guo at arm dot com>
- To: "'Gerald Pfeifer'" <gerald at pfeifer dot com>
- Cc: "Joey Ye" <Joey dot Ye at arm dot com>, <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:58:03 +0800
- Subject: RE: [wwwdocs] Document ARM/embedded-x_y-branch family
- References: <000001cd5d9f$a116ed70$e344c850$@guo@arm.com> <alpine.LNX.2.00.1207160208550.5035@gerinyyl.fvgr>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerald Pfeifer [mailto:gerald@pfeifer.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 8:10 AM
> To: Terry Guo
> Cc: Joey Ye; gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
> Subject: Re: [wwwdocs] Document ARM/embedded-x_y-branch family
>
> Hi Terry,
>
> On Mon, 9 Jul 2012, Terry Guo wrote:
> > As it becomes our long term goal to deliver arm-none-eabi tool chain
> > based on GCC 4.6/4.7/4.8 and future branches, I am going to use the
> > following pattern to document this branch family. Is it ok to commit?
>
> yep, this looks good (and sorry for somehow missing this at first).
>
> The only question I'd have, that may make sense addressing in the
> description, is "What kind of changes to you expect to take there,
> but not the corresponding release branches? And why?"
>
Hi Gerald,
Thanks for your comments. I updated the description to address this concern.
Is it OK?
BR,
Terry
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coordinate work with others. This branch is maintained by the folks
at Apple. Previous branch was apple-ppc-branch.</dd>
- <dt>ARM/embedded-4_6-branch</dt>
- <dd>This branch provides bug-fixes, minor enhancements and stability
- fixes for GCC 4.6.x when used with ARM's embedded cores, such as
- the Cortex-R and Cortex-M processors. It will sync with upstream
- GCC 4.6 branch regularly. Most patches will be back-ports of changes
- already made on trunk. Patches should be marked with the
- tag <code>[arm-embedded]</code> in the subject line. The branch is
- maintained by personnel from ARM.</dd>
+ <dt>ARM/embedded-<em>x_y</em>-branch</dt>
+ <dd>These branches provide bug-fixes, minor enhancements and stability
+ fixes for GCC <em>x.y</em> branches when used with ARM's embedded cores,
+ such as the Cortex-R and Cortex-M processors. Most patches will be
+ limited ARM specific or common back-ports from trunk, unlike the current
+ release branches. Very occasionally these branches will hold patches
+ that are waiting for trunk acceptance. Patches for these branches should
+ be marked with the tag <code>[arm-embedded]</code> in the subject line.
+ This family of branches is maintained by personnel from ARM.</dd>
<dt>csl-3_3_1-branch</dt>
<dd>CodeSourcery release based on GCC 3.3.1.</dd>