On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 10:59:45AM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote: > It doesn't have to a formal release. I would just make a snapshot from > the 4.0 branch and point the affected people to it. If there isn't > enough, you can always make another snapshot. You can update 4.0.2 > release web page and mention the snapshot for those people.
If we were going to do such a thing, it would be better to give this "snapshot" a name. It would be an embarrassment to be in the position of telling people that our release isn't recommended for use on some platforms, and to use some snapshot instead.