On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Eric Botcazou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I understand and can support (up to a point) the desire of distributors to > > continue working within GPLv2 and I know that's why the 4.1 branch is in > > this situation. However IMHO this position is in tension with the > > interests of users who don't get gcc from distributors (think > > non-linux-gnu platforms) and therefore leaving the 4.1 branch in this > > situation forever eventually is against the interests of the FSF. > > I don't think anyone talked about leaving the 4.1 branch in this state > forever, just that it would not be moved to GPLv3 before being closed. > > If maintaining it is now too much of a burden, then let's close it.
Seconded. Option 1 is the only viable (apart from 3 of course). Then of course you'll see fixes going uncoordinated into the various vendor branches. Sounds like in the interest of the FSF, but not necessarily the GCC user community. Richard.
