Wasted effort?

[Joe Buck]

> I was just wondering what's the point in releasing gcc-2.95.3 when the
> GCC home page says that gcc-3.0 will be released at the end of this
> quarter?

No, the GCC home page says "which we hope to release by the end of Q1
2001".  And it appears that this date will not be met.

> Perhaps the maintenance release will be much more stable than
> the major release?  Or perhaps the maintenance release will actually
> precede the major release by a few rather than a couple of months?

Or both.  Also, 2.95.3 will be binary compatible with 2.95.2 for C++,
3.0 will not be.