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[Ian Lance Taylor]

Aurelien Buhrig <aurelien.buhrig.gcc@gmail.com> writes:

> But since these bugs are flagged to be (also) in 4.3 branch, does it
> mean 4.3 branch is not maintained any more (although last 4.3.6
> release was on 2011-06-27)? Or Is it that fixes are not always applied
> on previous branches ?

As seen on http://gcc.gnu.org/ , the currently maintained release
branches are 4.4, 4.5, and 4.6.  4.3 is no longer maintained.

> Are there some fixes applied in 4.5/4.6 which are not applied to 4.4 ?
> So what is "right" branch to use so for my backend port ?

My general rule is: if you plan to contribute the backend port to
mainstream gcc, you should use current mainline; if you plan to keep the
port private, you should use the most recent release branch and upgrade
to new release branches after the first release is made.

Ian