End of GCC 4.6 Stage 1: October 27, 2010

[NightStrike]

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> On 9/4/2010 9:23 PM, NightStrike wrote:
>
>> We would like x86_64-w64-mingw32 to become a secondary target for 4.6.
>
> Who is "we" in this context?

Sorry, that would be Kai Tietz, myself, and the entire mingw-w64.sf.net project.

>> What has to be checked off for that to happen?
>
> It's not so much a matter of "checking off".  It's a combination of the
> SC's perception of the importance of the target and the technical stats
> of the port.  I can raise the issue with the SC, if you like, but,
> personally, I'm not sure that 64-bit Windows is significant enough as a
> target platform for GCC to merit that status.

Ouch.  What criteria do you use for that analysis?  I will endeavor to
prove our importance :)

Note that 32-bit windows is already a secondary platform.