Re: Heads up: today's GCC snapshot

[Ranjit Mathew <rmathew@hotmail.com>]

Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> I have modified the gcc_release script on gcc.gnu.org to put diff files
> into a "diffs" subdirectory of the release/snapshots directory and am
> going to test this change as part of todays's snapshot problem.
> 
> Should any problems arise, I am willing and prepared to address them this
> evening.
> 
> Don't panic. :-)

Ok, not for *this* reason, but I'm panicking nevertheless... :-)

The latest (20030519) snapshot shows a 3.3.1 prerelease
version and not 3.4 prerelease as I had expected.

Due to bandwidth constraints, during the 3.3 cycle I
initially downloaded an early 3.3 snapshot and then
I used to update it every week with the weekly
snapshot diffs.

This allowed me to keep up with 3.3 (especially w.r.t.
GCJ) and be able to submit relevant patches.

Now I want to work with the bleeding edge 3.4, but
the snapshots are moving in a different direction.

What can I do? When will the snapshots move to 3.4?
What's the point of maintaining snapshots of
the 3.3 branch now?

BTW, this page:

     http://gcc.gnu.org/snapshots.html

should be updated with the status of the snapshots
w.r.t. to the various GCC branches at a given time
and "roadmap" for the snapshots vis-a-vis these
branches.

For example, when 3.3 branched off, the snapshots
took that road instead of continuing with MAIN. Now
that 3.3 has been released, should the snapshots
not "come back"? Or does it happen only during Stage 2
of the MAIN branch?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Ranjit.

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