From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15994 invoked by alias); 11 Dec 2007 17:51:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 15984 invoked by uid 22791); 11 Dec 2007 17:51:08 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtpout05-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (HELO smtpout05.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net) (64.202.165.221) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with SMTP; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:50:50 +0000 Received: (qmail 5187 invoked from network); 11 Dec 2007 17:50:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (68.108.208.46) by smtpout05-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (64.202.165.221) with ESMTP; 11 Dec 2007 17:50:43 -0000 Message-ID: <007401c83c1e$591b5cb0$6401a8c0@glap> From: "Kaveh Ghazi" To: "Jonathan Larmour" Cc: References: <003f01c83bce$9e345270$6401a8c0@glap> <475EB992.10604@eCosCentric.com> Subject: Re: Please update the MPFR package in the gcc ftp directory Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:51:00 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 Mailing-List: contact overseers-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: overseers-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-q4/txt/msg00079.txt.bz2 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Larmour" To: "Kaveh Ghazi" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 9:23 AM Subject: Re: Please update the MPFR package in the gcc ftp directory > Kaveh Ghazi wrote: >> Hi Overseers, >> >> As per Mark's message here: >> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2007-12/msg00498.html >> >> Would you please update the MPFR package located in >> ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/infrastructure/ to the latest (version 2.3.0) >> and delete the old tarball? > > Are you sure about deleting the old one? I ask because from the message > you > quote, it would imply people should still expect to find old versions > there. There are already historical versions of other packages in that > directory, so it's no big deal. But for now I have indeed moved it away. > > Let me know if you want the .gz or .zip versions as well. > > Jifl While GCC may support older MPFR's, if someone is going through the trouble of upgrading, we want to steer them to the latest version. So deleting the old tarball is appropriate. No need for the .gz or .zip version, bzip-only is fine. Thanks for your help. --Kaveh