On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 2:04 AM, Dave Korn <dave.korn.cyg...@googlemail.com> wrote: > [Cc list trimmed] > > 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
I guess the second one is a regression? Please mark the PR as such if this is the case. > 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. Is this an ABI break from 4.3 then? You should make sure to note this in the release notes. > 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 Correct. > 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? I don't think we will freeze before 4.3.3 is finally out (which I would expect at the end of this week). But I wouldn't take bets on being in stage4 at Feb 1st ;) Richard. > cheers, > DaveK >
