Re: C++ binary compatibility between GCC 3.1 and GCC 3.2?

[Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>]

Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at> writes:

> On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>>> I urge you as strongly as I can to back port (#define wrap if needed) the
>>> changes so that GCC 3.1.1 can be built to be 100% C++ ABI compatible with
>>> GCC 3.2.  FreeBSD can much more easily accept breakage between 3.1[.0]
>>> and 3.1.1, than between 3.1.1 and 3.2[.0] as we are still developing 5.0
>>> and can take ABI hits right now.
>> The same applies for SuSE and possible also other distributors,
>
> What's the cut-off date where you (Andreas, David,...) would need to
> have a release of GCC with such a C++ ABI change?

If we get something still in July, it would be perfect.  If it comes
out later, it might be ok but then I would need some release date to
plan for it.  September will be too late.

> There are strong arguments not to make this change for 3.1.1 which is
> due quite soon, but that doesn't prevent us from making another release
> shortly thereafter, for example.

I agree with this reasoning.

Thanks for considering these issues,
Andreas
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