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Re: gcc 3.2.2 release notes, third draft
- From: Christian Cornelssen <ccorn at cs dot tu-berlin dot de>
- To: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot com>
- Cc: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>, <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 01:38:12 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: Re: gcc 3.2.2 release notes, third draft
Hi,
On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Joe Buck wrote:
> 3.2.2 is a bug fix release only; there are no new features that were
> not present in GCC 3.2.1.
This appears to be true as long as those "features" are attributed
to the to-be-built-and-installed software only. However, the 3.2.2
build system now supports DESTDIR completely and thus simplifies the
synopsis of packaging commands. I would not point this out if it
were not already specified in `gcc-3.2/changes.html' (cf.
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-01/msg02299.html). To avoid
apparent inconsistency, I'd refine or adapt the "bug fix only"
statement. For example, the 3.2.1 release notes introduce `-Wabi'
and then state that "otherwise, 3.2.1 is a bug fix release only".
The 3.2.2 release notes could use similar wording.
Regards,
Christian Cornelssen