Hi Tilo, > I would like to backport the fix for PR51825 I posted here > > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2013-03/msg00316.html > > to the 4.8 branch.
well, the usual gfortran policy is to only do backports of regression fixes. In exceptional cases, also non-regression fixes can be backported (and have been in the past), if the bug is extremely severe and/or the the fix is extremely simple (IMHO the most severe type of bug is a wrong-code issue, where the user does not see any kind of error message, but just 'silently' gets wrong results). None of these is conditions is completely fulfilled, if you ask me (although the patch is indeed relatively simple). Therefore I don't directly see an urgent need for backporting, unless you can convince us why backporting this is extremely important. Anyway, I don't feel sufficiently familiar with the namelist I/O sector to ok the patch, but maybe someone else can share his opinion ... Cheers, Janus
