From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4735 invoked by alias); 9 May 2003 14:51:51 -0000 Mailing-List: contact binutils-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: binutils-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 4701 invoked from network); 9 May 2003 14:51:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO sccrmhc02.attbi.com) (204.127.202.62) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 9 May 2003 14:51:49 -0000 Received: from lucon.org (12-234-88-5.client.attbi.com[12.234.88.5]) by attbi.com (sccrmhc02) with ESMTP id <2003050914514900200df47le>; Fri, 9 May 2003 14:51:49 +0000 Received: by lucon.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 30EBE2C681; Fri, 9 May 2003 07:51:48 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 14:51:00 -0000 From: "H. J. Lu" To: Jack Howarth Cc: binutils@sources.redhat.com, bje@wasabisystems.com Subject: Re: The Linux binutils 2.14.90.0.1 is released Message-ID: <20030509075148.A1675@lucon.org> References: <200305091304.JAA61346@bromo.msbb.uc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <200305091304.JAA61346@bromo.msbb.uc.edu>; from howarth@bromo.msbb.uc.edu on Fri, May 09, 2003 at 09:04:46AM -0400 X-SW-Source: 2003-05/txt/msg00308.txt.bz2 On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 09:04:46AM -0400, Jack Howarth wrote: > Ben, > I think the rational of the HJ releases is provide > a way to rapidly release as many critical fixes as > possible for use with linux. Those releases are > focused on being bug-free on the linux platform > (hence their hosting on ftp.kernel.org). Thanks, Jack. That is well said. Also some Linux projects may need certain new features in a released version of binutils. We can live with regressions and breakages on non-linux platforms. But I don't think the FSF binutils should/will make that kind of commitment. H.J.