What to do with usual bug fixes vs. the branch (Was: Re: c++/8931: g++ 3.2 fails to enforce access rules)

What to do with usual bug fixes vs. the branch (Was: Re: c++/8931: g++ 3.2 fails to enforce access rules)

[Wolfgang Bangerth]

The following reply was made to PR c++/8931; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@ticam.utexas.edu>
To: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@integrable-solutions.net>
Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org, <gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org>, <sebor@roguewave.com>,
   <gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: What to do with usual bug fixes vs. the branch (Was: Re: c++/8931:
 g++ 3.2 fails to enforce access rules)
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 16:09:05 -0600 (CST)

 > | - given the really *large* number of open bug reports, I think the scarce
 > |   bug fixing resources gcc has serve the community better in the long term
 > |   if we let them focus on 3.3, rather than spending time backporting 
 > |   fixes. This way we might get 3.3 out earlier, which will certainly be 
 > |   better than any 3.2.2.
 > 
 > I'm not suggesting people spend their time backporting every
 > imaginable patch that happens to fix some bug on mainline.  There are
 > bug-fix patches that don't need any particular action than running
 > patch + regtesting.  I'm obvisouly talking of such patches.
 
 I don't argue against that. I merely stated some points that I see when 
 working on the bug database. 
 
 
 > Or we could just make it clear that 3.2 branch is dead and have people
 > not  bothering about it.  That way, we could expect people focus
 > mainly on 3.3:  That would have the effect of saving any effort on 3.2
 > branch and make user clearly know that they should not expect anything
 > about 3.2.2.  That way, we could perhaps have 3.3 earlier.  It would
 > certainly be better than 3.2.2 since the latter would be non-existent.
 
 If 3.3 would come out not too long after 3.2.2, why not? (But I understand 
 that it is hard to predict release dates.)
 
 W.
 
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