3.3 target date?

[Dan Kegel]

Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
 > ... we still have 77 regressions in 3.3 listed
> in GNATS:
> 
>  http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?synopsis=3.3&priority=high&responsible=&state=&ignoreclosed=Ignore%20Closed&class=&submitter_id=&originator=&release=&columns=category&columns=state&columns=class&columns=responsible&columns=synopsis&displaydate=Display%20Current%20Date&cmd=submit%20query&sortby=Responsible&.cgifields=category&.cgifields=state&.cgifields=confidential&.cgifields=severity&.cgifields=ignoreclosed&.cgifields=responsible&.cgifields=class&.cgifields=submitter_id&.cgifields=displaydate&.cgifields=columns&.cgifields=priority
> 
> And some 26 regressions in 3.2 (some of which might also apply to 3.3);
> plus a significant compile-time performance problem. ...
> 
> I suppose that all those 77(+26) regressions are problems real users had
> with their code bases, so we should at least trim this down significantly.

That's for sure.  Fixing these regressions would go a long
way towards healing gcc3.x's reputation, which is a bit
tattered in some circles.

(I'm going to start running gcc 3.2.2's regression test suite
here soon, I hope, so maybe I can be part of the solution
instead of just a ranting onlooker.)
- Dan