On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 18:47 +0100, Dave Korn wrote: > On 12 July 2007 18:42, Janis Johnson wrote: > > > On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 09:58 -0700, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > >> If you want to release gcc 4.2.2, and then release gcc 4.3.0 from the > >> gcc 4.2 branch, and make mainline gcc the eventual gcc 4.4.0, I'm on > >> board with that. That is easy enough to understand and not too > >> difficult to implement. What I'm disagreeing with is moving from gcc > >> 4.2.2 to gcc 4.3.3. > > > > This would be similar to going from GCC 3.1.1 to GCC 3.2 when there > > was a break in binary compatibility. > > Well, it would be more similar to going from 3.1.1 to 3.2.2 and never having > had a 3.2.0 or a 3.2.1 .....
I meant that Ian's suggestion of going from 4.2.1 to 4.3.0, instead of to 4.3.3, is a good idea and is similar to going from 3.1.1 to 3.2. Janis
