Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 08:09:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 08:09:05 -0500 Received: from as4-1-7.has.s.bonet.se ([217.215.31.238]:13709 "EHLO k-7.stesmi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 08:08:55 -0500 Message-ID: <3BE68F75.3010300@stesmi.com> Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 14:09:09 +0100 From: Stefan Smietanowski User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20010913 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Zack Weinberg CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: linux-2.2.20a and gcc 3.0 ? In-Reply-To: <20011104192024.H267@codesourcery.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>>>gcc-2.95.4 does not exist! The latest stable release is 2.95.3. >>>> >>>Ah, it does exist. You have to check it out from CVS from the GCC people. >>>I've no doubt a release will be made soon. >>> >>That's what's called a not released product. >> >>2.95.4 might or might not be released shortly. >> >>It is not the final 2.95.4 that is in the CVS. >> >>Another word for it might be BETA... >> > > We're being extremely conservative about patches applied to the 2.95.x > CVS branch. It is intended always to be release-quality material. I am aware of this. > I'm not aware of any plans for an official 2.95.4 anytime soon. > However, system integrators often track that CVS branch with their GCC > packages. For instance: > > $ gcc -v > Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.4/specs > gcc version 2.95.4 20011006 (Debian prerelease) I know how it's done, it's just that in my eyes a stable release is the one where you know there's only 1 .... A 2.95.4 package built on different days (from CVS) will differ. A 2.95.4 package built on different ways from a .tar.gz marked as 'release' will not differ. For instance chasing a kernel bug is difficult when 1 person might use 1 version of a compiler and another uses a different version when both says 2.95.4, no matter how miniscule the difference. // Stefan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/