From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Toon Moene To: Joe Buck Cc: David Edelsohn , Joern Rennecke , Geoff Keating , Andreas Jaeger , "H . J . Lu" , gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: Compiler for Red Hat Linux 8 Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 04:56:00 -0000 Message-id: <3B56CB04.318352F1@moene.indiv.nluug.nl> References: <200107182223.PAA08726@atrus.synopsys.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-07/msg01344.html Joe Buck wrote: > David Edelsohn writes: > > Even if you do not try to find a way to use the FSF GCC sources as > > your base, I hope that you will consider the request from numerous corners > > that the version of GCC included in Red Hat Linux 8 be compatible with FSF > > GCC releases. > > It was clear to me from Geoff's message that folks at Red Hat are thinking > about the compatibility issue. > > I wouldn't seek to overconstrain Red Hat; any of several mechanisms with > respect to branches may be just fine and choosing what's best is the task > of the developers that do the work. It would be easiest for all of us in > the long run, however (including Red Hat folks), if the delta between what > Red Hat ships and what others have is never too large. Forking off at > some point from the 3.0 branch to give a controlled, supportable set of > code that won't be too far from FSF 3.0.x might be a good way to do that, > but perhaps a decent ia64 backend needs newer code that is in RH's > internal tree but not the FSF tree. Yes, but what I read from Geoff's message just before this one is that RH's system compiler will most probably be derived from the 3.1 trunk. 5. We would prefer to ship a newer compiler than something off the 3.0 branch. By the time that this release goes out, the 3.0 branch will be over a year old. You'll note that RHL 7.2 is not out yet, and on the normal schedule RHL 8 will be about six months later. The problem with that move would be that they make a release branch off the 3.1 trunk (say within two months), and we have to hope that *we* won't introduce incompatible changes in the time up to April 15, 2002, the projected release date for 3.1. I'm professionally involved with predicting the future, but I tend to limit it to two days ahead ;-) [ I agree with Joe's remark about constraining Red Hat - I don't have the inclination or the time to micro-manage GNU/Linux distributors ] -- Toon Moene - mailto:toon@moene.indiv.nluug.nl - phoneto: +31 346 214290 Saturnushof 14, 3738 XG Maartensdijk, The Netherlands Maintainer, GNU Fortran 77: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/g77_news.html Join GNU Fortran 95: http://g95.sourceforge.net/ (under construction)