From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25871 invoked by alias); 8 Aug 2003 19:02:20 -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 25843 invoked from network); 8 Aug 2003 19:02:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO dymwsm06.mailwatch.com) (204.253.83.42) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 8 Aug 2003 19:02:19 -0000 Received: from mwsc0204.mw4.mailwatch.com (mwsc0204.mw4.mailwatch.com [204.253.83.134]) by dymwsm06.mailwatch.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h78J2Ian001308 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 15:02:18 -0400 Received: from mail pickup service by mwsc0204.mw4.mailwatch.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 15:02:18 -0400 Received: from 204.253.83.71 ([204.253.83.71]) by MWSC0204 with SMTP id 0002000439860254-2634-4cf4-a471-a7436a8f599d; Fri, 08 Aug 2003 15:02:18 -0500 Received: from fmpo1.azell.com (fmpo1.azell.com [136.1.7.9]) by dymwsm09.mailwatch.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h78J1J0r011180; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 15:02:18 -0400 Received: from pms536.pd9.ford.com ([19.88.68.21]) by fmpo1.azell.com (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.3.5-GR) with ESMTP id AZE93312; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 15:01:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ford.com by pms536.pd9.ford.com (8.8.8+Sun/Ford-1.12) via ESMTP id PAA01806; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 15:01:08 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3F33F365.9010606@ford.com> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 20:05:00 -0000 From: Kelley Cook User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030630 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Mitchell CC: gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: GCC 3.3 branch open References: <200308081809.h78I90Z4010155@doubledemon.codesourcery.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MW-BTID: 090025000020032206853800016 X-MW-CTIME: 1060369338 X-MW-SENDING-MTA: 136.1.7.9 HOP-COUNT: 1 X-MAILWATCH-INSTANCEID: 0102000439860254-2634-4cf4-a471-a7436a8f599d X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Aug 2003 19:02:18.0502 (UTC) FILETIME=[96C3F260:01C35DDF] X-SW-Source: 2003-08/txt/msg00489.txt.bz2 Mark Mitchell wrote: > The 3.3 branch is now open, under the usual regression-only check-in > rules. Is this really the usual checkin rules for a branch? For example after 3.1 was released you said: > 1. Anyone who can normally approve patches can approve patches that > fix regressions from previously released versions of GCC. > > 2. I will review and approve patches that do not fix regressions if > > a) they appear safe > b) they fix very important problems, or > c) they add support for new platforms, language features, etc. > that we did not support before -- and that we cannot, therefore, > be regressing. > > Please make your case explicitly; assume I know very little (a > good assumption!) and explain why your patch fits these criteria. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-05/msg01212.html I thought regression-only was only the requirement when the next release was close. I personally would think that important bug fixes should not necessarily have to wait for 3.4, even if that bug has been always present in GCC. You, of course, are the release manager, so it is your call to make. Kelley Cook