Mark Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | The GCC SC is still discussing a few of the finer points of the | transition to GPLv3.
Thanks for the update! [...] | 3. After GCC 4.2.1 is released, we will renumber the branch to GCC 4.3. | What would have been GCC 4.2.2 will instead be GCC 4.3.3, to try to | emphasize the GPLv3 switch. The GCC mainline will then be GCC 4.4. What a mess! (Sorry). Was the option of closing the GCC-4.2.x branch considered, instead of releasing GCC-4.2.2 as GCC-4.3.2? [...] | It has also not yet been decided whether backports of bug-fixes from | GPLv3 versions of GCC to older GPLv2 versions of GCC (e.g., GCC 4.1) We can make a final release from GCC-4.1.x and close it definitely. We should strive for some kind of mononiticy in terms of release series and licensing. -- Gaby
