Version Number

[Joe Buck]

On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 11:07:39PM -0700, Miguel M. wrote:
> Sup everyone
> 
> I just noticed that Im running GCC 3.2.2. I wanted to
> get 3.3.1. But then I remembered that odd numbers
> related to a testing version to the application (like
> the Linux kernel). Does this rule apply to GCC? Sorry
> if this has been asked but I couldn't find nothing on
> the gcc homepage. Thxs for yout time.

GCC does not use the Linux kernel convention.

Releases with numbers like 3.x or 3.x.0 have new features, and while
we try to make them as bug-free as possible, usually are more buggy
than the average GCC release.  Releases like 3.x.y where y is greater
than zero are bug fix releases, and in almost all cases are significant
improvements over 3.x.(y-1).  Rules for what changes can go into a
bug-fix release are very strict; it's pretty much limited to bug fixes,
though sometimes we allow a completely new target platform to go in
since this doesn't affect anything else.