Re: RFC: GCC 4.4 criteria - add Fortran as primary language?

2008-02-22 Thread Joe Buck
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 06:29:20PM -0800, Mark Mitchell wrote: I think Fortran is way down the list. That's not about how good of a language Fortran is, or how solid the Fortran front-end is; it's just a comment about usage of GCC. That said, I think that the RMs do -- and should -- pay

Re: RFC: GCC 4.4 criteria - add Fortran as primary language?

2008-02-21 Thread Tobias Burnus
David Daney wrote: Joe Buck wrote: Maybe there could be a semi-primary or experimental primary status; a feature could be treated as primary, but with the understanding that the requirement will be waived if it causes excessive delay. The experimental label could be dropped after a few

RE: RFC: GCC 4.4 criteria - add Fortran as primary language?

2008-02-21 Thread J.C. Pizarro
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, Weddington, Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe there could be a semi-primary or experimental primary status; a feature could be treated as primary, but with the understanding that the requirement will be waived if it causes excessive delay. The experimental label

Re: RFC: GCC 4.4 criteria - add Fortran as primary language?

2008-02-21 Thread Mark Mitchell
Tobias Burnus wrote: According to the GCC 4.4 Release Criteria, http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.4/criteria.html, only C and C++ are primary languages. And thus only C and C++ regressions can be release critical. I propose to add Fortran to these languages. Thank you for the suggestion. My

RFC: GCC 4.4 criteria - add Fortran as primary language?

2008-02-20 Thread Tobias Burnus
According to the GCC 4.4 Release Criteria, http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.4/criteria.html, only C and C++ are primary languages. And thus only C and C++ regressions can be release critical. I propose to add Fortran to these languages. Reasons: - Fortran is relatively widely used; while C/C++ is

Re: RFC: GCC 4.4 criteria - add Fortran as primary language?

2008-02-20 Thread Joel Sherrill
Tobias Burnus wrote: According to the GCC 4.4 Release Criteria, http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.4/criteria.html, only C and C++ are primary languages. And thus only C and C++ regressions can be release critical. I propose to add Fortran to these languages. Reasons: - Fortran is relatively widely

Re: RFC: GCC 4.4 criteria - add Fortran as primary language?

2008-02-20 Thread Tim Prince
Joel Sherrill wrote: Tobias Burnus wrote: According to the GCC 4.4 Release Criteria, http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.4/criteria.html, only C and C++ are primary languages. And thus only C and C++ regressions can be release critical. I propose to add Fortran to these languages. Reasons: - Fortran is

Re: RFC: GCC 4.4 criteria - add Fortran as primary language?

2008-02-20 Thread Joe Buck
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 02:27:27PM -0800, Tim Prince wrote: Joel Sherrill wrote: Tobias Burnus wrote: According to the GCC 4.4 Release Criteria, http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.4/criteria.html, only C and C++ are primary languages. And thus only C and C++ regressions can be release critical. I

Re: RFC: GCC 4.4 criteria - add Fortran as primary language?

2008-02-20 Thread David Daney
Joe Buck wrote: On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 02:27:27PM -0800, Tim Prince wrote: Joel Sherrill wrote: Tobias Burnus wrote: According to the GCC 4.4 Release Criteria, http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.4/criteria.html, only C and C++ are primary languages. And thus only C and C++ regressions can be release

Re: RFC: GCC 4.4 criteria - add Fortran as primary language?

2008-02-20 Thread Joel Sherrill
Joe Buck wrote: On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 02:27:27PM -0800, Tim Prince wrote: Joel Sherrill wrote: Tobias Burnus wrote: According to the GCC 4.4 Release Criteria, http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.4/criteria.html, only C and C++ are primary languages. And thus only C and C++ regressions

Re: RFC: GCC 4.4 criteria - add Fortran as primary language?

2008-02-20 Thread FX Coudert
[adding fortran list to CC] According to the GCC 4.4 Release Criteria, http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.4/criteria.html, only C and C++ are primary languages. And thus only C and C++ regressions can be release critical. I propose to add Fortran to these languages. My first thought is does

RE: RFC: GCC 4.4 criteria - add Fortran as primary language?

2008-02-20 Thread Weddington, Eric
-Original Message- From: Joe Buck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:31 PM To: Tim Prince Cc: Joel Sherrill; Tobias Burnus; GCC Subject: Re: RFC: GCC 4.4 criteria - add Fortran as primary language? Maybe there could be a semi-primary or experimental