tree-ssa branch: Fortran libraries don't build

[Joseph S. Myers]

On Thu, 8 May 2003, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:

> I don't recall if it were you or not but someone pointed out that it
> was a feature that active branches got automatic date bump without
> explicitly giving a list of such branches, hence the "grep -v".  
> Now, you're contemplating the other way.  I'm confused.

It was designed as a feature - to reduce the number of steps involved in
making a new release branch, not for an underlying philosophical advantage
of one way over another.  I'm saying that if we change the method to an
explicit list - including other non-release branches in that same list
rather than a grep then adding them on - then this should be done in
conjunction with a branching script so that again the number of steps to
create a release branch is reduced (i.e., the branching script should
update the list of active branches, and several other places that at
present need updating manually as detailed in branching.html).

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Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk