https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=119684
--- Comment #11 from Bruno Haible <bruno at clisp dot org> --- * Another possible idea: The GCC team would agree that all future extensions of GCC/GFC-internal format follows the following process: 1. The GCC extends the specification of these format strings, but does not yet make use of the extension. 2. The format string checker in GNU gettext is extended. 3. A new GNU gettext release is made. 4. Then only - regardless whether step 3 was done in two months or three years - the new format strings get used in the GCC source code. Other ideas?