On 3/18/2013 4:03 AM, Richard Biener wrote: > On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 10:24 AM, xunxun <xunxun1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 于 2013/1/29 星期二 19:24, Richard Biener 写道: >> >>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:09 AM, Kenny Simpson >>> <theonetrueke...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> There have been quite a few fixes on the 4.7 branch since 4.7.2 was >>>> released 4 months ago and several of the remaining regression bugs have >>>> fixes in trunk. >>>> >>>> What are the plans for 4.7.3? >>> There will be a 4.7.3 release (shortly) before 4.8.0 releases. There >>> is quite a number >>> of regression fixes that are suitable for backporting to the 4.7 branch >>> still. >>> >>> Richard. >>> >>>> thanks, >>>> -Kenny >>>> >> The GCC 4.8 branch has been created and a first release candidate >> is being prepared right now. >> >> When will 4.7.3 be released? > When it's released. > > Why are you so interested in a date? In general, knowing that the GCC Community has committed to a release in days/weeks/months as one of the responses put it, lets folks plan. If one's goal is to use official, unpatched releases, then those releases have importance.
If you are a typical GNU/Linux distribution, this is not a concern as most distributions ship with patches. But the "unwashed masses" would really like to stick to something the GCC Community has put a seal of goodness on. Speaking for the RTEMS Community, we strive to be able to use unpatched FSF releases and try to push patches upstream in a timely manner to accomplish this. We don't always get things merged in time and there are always bugs discovered after releases but these are small. So yes, knowing one will happen is important. Putting days/weeks/months on it, helps people schedule. Even if that is nothing but a goal. A statement like "within X of the 4.8.0 release date which is expected in about Y timeframe" would help. One response offered to help. Take them up on it. Give them something to do. Volunteers are good. :) > Richard. > >> -- >> Best Regards, >> xunxun >> -- Joel Sherrill, Ph.D. Director of Research & Development joel.sherr...@oarcorp.com On-Line Applications Research Ask me about RTEMS: a free RTOS Huntsville AL 35805 Support Available (256) 722-9985
