[PATCH,doc] Recommend binutils 2.18 for MIPS

[Richard Sandiford]

David Daney <ddaney@avtrex.com> writes:
> Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
>> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, David Daney wrote:
>>   
>>> Now that binutils 2.18 has been released, we should probably recommend
>>> this version instead of CVS snapshot.
>>>
>>> OK to commit?
>>>
>>> 2008-01-25  David Daney  <ddaney@avtrex.com>
>>>
>>>         * doc/install.texi (mips-*-*): Recommend binutils 2.18 instead
>>>         of CVS.
>>>     
>>
>> It is certainly a good idea to add this concrete release.  However, I'd
>> prefer to also keep the current note wrt. the date because otherwise we'd
>> be more aggressive with our requirement than needed.  
>>
>> Do you think you could combine these two?
>>   
> Yes.  My argument to keep the my original patch would be that we don't
> want to clutter things up too much by recommending seemingly random
> snapshots of various things.  I don't really feel strongly about this,
> so since you are a doc maintainer, I will defer to you.
>
> Perhaps Richard (being a MIPS maintainer) has a preference.

Nah, both seem fine to me.  I suppose it's generally better to fall
onto the "more information" side of the fence though, so let's go
with your new version.

> How about this version?
>
> 2008-01-27  David Daney  <ddaney@avtrex.com>
>
>         * doc/install.texi (mips-*-*): Recommend binutils 2.18.

OK, thanks.

Richard