Release Plan Updates

[H. J. Lu]

On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 11:03:01PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
>    From: Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com>
>    Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 23:07:33 -0700
>    
>    --On Sunday, July 14, 2002 10:51:39 PM -0700 "David S. Miller" 
>    <davem@redhat.com> wrote:
>    
>    > When we fix bugs for the "stable compiler" after #2 happens, will we
>    > be checking them into both the 3.1.x and 3.2.x branches?
>    
>    No; just the 3.2.x branch.  The 3.1.x branch will be unmaintained after
>    that point -- the only way there will be a 3.1.2 release is if someone
>    else gets motivated to make another release.  For non-C++ users, 3.2.1
>    will be what 3.1.2 would have been; for C++ users it will be that,
>    except with an incompatible ABI.
> 
> This sounds like nobody is supposed to care about 3.1.x
> anymore, right?  Essentially whoever is using 3.1.x and
> doesn't want the c++ ABI change, well they won't get bug
> fix releases anymore past 3.1.1.  Do I understand this
> correctly?

That is what I understood. If I am right, only Apple wants 3.1.x and
is ok with its current status. Personall, I believe  Apply should
switch to new gcc 3.2. But they have no plan to do so. To me, that
implies they have no major problems with C++ in 3.1.x.


H.J.