>>>>> Ian Lance Taylor writes: Ian> Samba is simply bumping to 3.2.0. They aren't moving from 3.0.26 to Ian> 3.2.27.
Ian> If you want to release gcc 4.2.2, and then release gcc 4.3.0 from the Ian> gcc 4.2 branch, and make mainline gcc the eventual gcc 4.4.0, I'm on Ian> board with that. That is easy enough to understand and not too Ian> difficult to implement. What I'm disagreeing with is moving from gcc Ian> 4.2.2 to gcc 4.3.3. I agree. Let me try to stop some confusion and accusations right here. RMS *did not* request or specify GCC 4.3.3 following GCC 4.2.2. That was a proposal from a member of the GCC SC. The numbering of the first GPLv3 release was not a requirement from RMS or the FSF. David