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[wwwdocs] bugs/index.html: remove explanation of major releases
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>
- To: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 18:18:07 -0700 (MST)
- Subject: [wwwdocs] bugs/index.html: remove explanation of major releases
- Authentication-results: sourceware.org; auth=none
We adopted a numbering scheme that clearly shows major releases
as such, so this bit has become unnecessary (and was outdated for
all pratical purposes).
Applied.
Gerald
Index: index.html
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RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/bugs/index.html,v
retrieving revision 1.120
diff -u -r1.120 index.html
--- index.html 25 Nov 2017 19:01:33 -0000 1.120
+++ index.html 1 Dec 2017 01:17:15 -0000
@@ -676,13 +676,6 @@
<a href="https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Compatibility.html";>compatibility
section</a> of the GCC manual.</p>
-<p>Remark: A major release is designated by a change to the first or second
-component of the two- or three-part version number. A minor (bug-fix)
-release is designated by a change to the third component only. Thus GCC
-3.2 and 3.3 are major releases, while 3.3.1 and 3.3.2 are bug-fix releases
-for GCC 3.3. With the 3.4 series we are introducing a new naming scheme;
-the first release of this series is 3.4.0 instead of just 3.4.</p>
-
<h4>Standard conformance</h4>
<p>With each release, we try to make G++ conform closer to the <a href=