On 22 March 2015 at 17:28, Jack Howarth wrote: > Is this the policy going forward for the 6.0 release as well?
Yes, as it says on that webpage. > If it is > being done just to avoid the stigma of a .0 release, it really smacks > of being too cute by half. That's not the reason, there's a rationale on the webpage too. If someone says they have 4.9.0 it could be the final release or a trunk build from 9 months earlier, which would be a very different compiler. Similarly, 4.9.1 would be the final release or a build on the branch from the day after 4.9.0 was released. With the new scheme the __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ component is different for final releases and snapshots.
