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Richard Guenther wrote:
> Status
> ======
>
> The trunk remains Stage 4, so only fixes for regressions (and changes
> to documentation) are allowed.
Hello Richard,
There are a number of bootstrap failures on the cygwin platform, which I am
currently fixing at full tilt. See PRs:
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37660
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38903
for which I have submitted one patch so far:
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2009-01/msg00896.html
and am working on a second now for PR37660.
There is also a problem that is not a regression but a non-conformance
issue in a new feature; the shared libgcc DLL built on Cygwin does not adhere
to the naming conventions for the platform. See PR:
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38904
for which I will also shortly submit a patch, to be applied optionally on top
of the 37660 fix.
If I understand rightly, it is the case that target maintainers are allowed
some leeway in what to accept during stage 4, in which case I would like to
appeal for consideration of my patch to resolve this issue to be included
before 4.4, so that we don't have to suffer an ABI break by waiting for 4.5 to
fix it. This patch will also touch one part of the global build machinery,
mkmap-flat.awk, and although it only touches an if() clause that is strictly
target-specific, a build maintainer would have to give approval as well.
I notice we're starting to reach the < 100 open PRs point, although there
are still a few P1s, so do you think I'll have another two or three days
before you start looking at freezing for branching?
cheers,
DaveK
