We adopted a numbering scheme that clearly shows major releases as such, so this bit has become unnecessary (and was outdated for all pratical purposes).
Applied. Gerald Index: index.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/bugs/index.html,v retrieving revision 1.120 diff -u -r1.120 index.html --- index.html 25 Nov 2017 19:01:33 -0000 1.120 +++ index.html 1 Dec 2017 01:17:15 -0000 @@ -676,13 +676,6 @@ <a href="https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Compatibility.html";>compatibility section</a> of the GCC manual.</p> -<p>Remark: A major release is designated by a change to the first or second -component of the two- or three-part version number. A minor (bug-fix) -release is designated by a change to the third component only. Thus GCC -3.2 and 3.3 are major releases, while 3.3.1 and 3.3.2 are bug-fix releases -for GCC 3.3. With the 3.4 series we are introducing a new naming scheme; -the first release of this series is 3.4.0 instead of just 3.4.</p> - <h4>Standard conformance</h4> <p>With each release, we try to make G++ conform closer to the <a href=
