From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 88299 invoked by alias); 9 Jan 2019 08:47:48 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 88277 invoked by uid 89); 9 Jan 2019 08:47:47 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,KAM_SHORT,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=H*i:sk:869742a, H*f:sk:869742a X-HELO: mx1.suse.de Received: from mx2.suse.de (HELO mx1.suse.de) (195.135.220.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 09 Jan 2019 08:47:45 +0000 Received: from relay1.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BE5FAE98; Wed, 9 Jan 2019 08:47:43 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 08:47:00 -0000 From: Richard Biener To: Tom de Vries cc: "gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org" , gcc@gcc.gnu.org, Gerald Pfeifer Subject: Re: [RFC] Update Stage 4 description In-Reply-To: <869742ac-5f7e-7673-48c4-f393a1e2eb65@suse.de> Message-ID: References: <869742ac-5f7e-7673-48c4-f393a1e2eb65@suse.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (LSU 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-SW-Source: 2019-01/txt/msg00042.txt.bz2 On Wed, 9 Jan 2019, Tom de Vries wrote: > [ To revisit https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2018-04/msg00385.html ] > > The current formulation for the description of Stage 4 here ( > https://gcc.gnu.org/develop.html ) is: > ... > During this period, the only (non-documentation) changes that may be > made are changes that fix regressions. > > Other changes may not be done during this period. > > Note that the same constraints apply to release branches. > > This period lasts until stage 1 opens for the next release. > ... > > This updated formulation was proposed by Richi (with a request for > review of wording): > ... > During this period, the only (non-documentation) changes that may > be made are changes that fix regressions. > > -Other changes may not be done during this period. > +Other important bugs like wrong-code, rejects-valid or build issues may > +be fixed as well. All changes during this period should be done with > +extra care on not introducing new regressions - fixing bugs at all cost > +is not wanted. > > Note that the same constraints apply to release branches. > > This period lasts until stage 1 opens for the next release. > ... > > If a text can be agreed upon, then I can prepare a patch for wwwdocs. The proposed text sounds good, please post a patch and apply! Thanks, Richard.