2009/3/13 Steven Bosscher <stevenb....@gmail.com>: > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Richard Guenther <rguent...@suse.de> wrote: >> We have been asked by the SC to not branch for now but wait for >> the wording for the new runtime license to arrive from the FSF and >> that being put in place. > > This is the saddest thing that I have seen in GCC politics so far.
Why? The FSF is offering free legal advice *after* they put forward a proposal that raised doubts by some people. This is a very important step that will open the door for the plugins framework. So better safe than fast. I wish it would be faster but I can understand the FSF limitations. Moreover, a few P1 regressions have been fixed thanks to the wait. Also, nowadays it is very easy to work on branches. Is there anyone that is being held back by the release delay? Cheers, Manuel.
