Obsolete/broken targets in 4.0.0

[Mark Mitchell]

Eric Botcazou wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 
> What is the procedure to mark a target as obsolete or to remove a broken 
> target for 4.0.0?  Some SPARC targets (namely sparclite-elf, sparclite-coff, 
> sparc86x-elf and sparc-openbsd) have been broken (do not build) since at 
> least 2 releases (from 3.3 onwards).  Can I remove them from mainline or 
> should they first go through a period of obsolescence?

Good question.  I believe our usual procedure is to announce them 
obsolete in one release, and remove them in the next.  So, you should 
put an announcement in the 4.0 release notes (Gerald can tell you where 
exactly!), and then remove them after 4.0 branches.

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