From: Stefan Smietanowski <stesmi@stesmi.com>
To: Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux-2.2.20a and gcc 3.0 ?
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 14:09:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BE68F75.3010300@stesmi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011104192024.H267@codesourcery.com>
>>>>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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-11-05 13:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-04 20:26 linux-2.2.20a and gcc 3.0 ? f5ibh
2001-11-04 20:38 ` Alan Cox
2001-11-04 22:11 ` Heinz Diehl
2001-11-04 23:13 ` Alex Buell
2001-11-05 1:25 ` Stefan Smietanowski
2001-11-05 3:20 ` Zack Weinberg
2001-11-05 13:09 ` Stefan Smietanowski [this message]
2001-11-05 20:01 ` Zack Weinberg
2001-11-05 21:03 ` Stefan Smietanowski
2001-11-05 21:45 ` Zack Weinberg
2001-11-05 9:58 ` Alex Buell
2001-11-05 11:47 ` ip autoconfig and e100 Ryan Sweet
2001-11-05 13:12 ` linux-2.2.20a and gcc 3.0 ? Stefan Smietanowski
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