From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15217 invoked by alias); 8 Jul 2002 11:39:47 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 15204 invoked from network); 8 Jul 2002 11:39:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp.superh.com) (65.219.1.204) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 8 Jul 2002 11:39:43 -0000 Received: from sh-us-ex01.us.w2k.superh.com (sh-us-ex01.us.superh.com [192.168.4.40]) by smtp.superh.com (Switch-2.2.0/Switch-2.2.0) with ESMTP id g68BYXF21342; Mon, 8 Jul 2002 04:34:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sh-jp-ex01.jp.w2k.superh.com ([172.30.254.208]) by sh-us-ex01.us.w2k.superh.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.2966); Mon, 8 Jul 2002 04:37:38 -0700 Received: from sh-uk-ex01.uk.w2k.superh.com ([192.168.16.17]) by sh-jp-ex01.jp.w2k.superh.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.4905); Mon, 8 Jul 2002 20:37:13 +0900 Received: from superh.com ([192.168.17.40]) by sh-uk-ex01.uk.w2k.superh.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.4905); Mon, 8 Jul 2002 12:37:08 +0100 Message-ID: <3D297971.A158A783@superh.com> Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 06:28:00 -0000 From: Joern Rennecke Organization: SuperH UK Ltd. X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bernard Dautrevaux CC: Gabriel Dos Reis , gcc@gcc.gnu.org, Jakub@superh.com, Jelinek@superh.com, Mark Mitchell , obrien@freebsd.org Subject: Re: C++ binary compatibility between GCC 3.1 and GCC 3.2? References: <17B78BDF120BD411B70100500422FC6309E5E4@IIS000> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Jul 2002 11:37:08.0531 (UTC) FILETIME=[CACCD030:01C22673] X-SW-Source: 2002-07/txt/msg00346.txt.bz2 Bernard Dautrevaux wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joern Rennecke [mailto:joern.rennecke@superh.com] > > Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 10:47 PM > > To: Gabriel Dos Reis; gcc@gcc.gnu.org > > Cc: Jakub@superh.com; Jelinek@superh.com; Mark Mitchell; > > obrien@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: C++ binary compatibility between GCC 3.1 and GCC 3.2? > > > > > > > Thanks for the clarifications. So all that needs is to make an > > > exception to our earlier commitment that minor releases won't > > > introduce ABI incompatibility; or make an exception to our scheduled > > > development plan. I don't have any strong opinion. But if we were > > > Then what was for now named 3.2 byt GCC *developpers* (a much smaller > community than gcc *users*) may have to be renamed 3.3 if there is > incompatibilities with this 3.2 release (or major change in features), but > may just become 3.2.1 otherwise. But then you'd have a massive amount of new. possibly destabilizing code in 3.2.1 versus 3.2. Users generally expect a x.y.1 release to me more stable than the preceding x.y.0 release. And, on the other hand, 3.2 would be rather a disappointment regarding new features and ports. -- -------------------------- SuperH 2430 Aztec West / Almondsbury / BRISTOL / BS32 4AQ T:+44 1454 462330