gcc-8-20171231 is now available

2017-12-31 Thread gccadmin
Snapshot gcc-8-20171231 is now available on
  ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/snapshots/8-20171231/
and on various mirrors, see http://gcc.gnu.org/mirrors.html for details.

This snapshot has been generated from the GCC 8 SVN branch
with the following options: svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk revision 256049

You'll find:

 gcc-8-20171231.tar.xzComplete GCC

  SHA256=2f69ada490337b09183c40c1203bed89fcd65286a50fa37398c0242d5a089e5b
  SHA1=5467a681f3b0e3c2efe65ef25b153907edab7fe1

Diffs from 8-20171224 are available in the diffs/ subdirectory.

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A New Year In Open Source

2017-12-31 Thread R0b0t1
Hello friends,

As a new year begins, I am reminded of something I read many years ago:

The jealous temper of mankind, ever more disposed to censure than
to praise the work of others, has constantly made the pursuit of new
methods and systems no less perilous than the search after unknown
lands and seas.
-- Niccolò Machiavelli, _Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livy_

Such words are immortal, describing the human condition and its effect
on all efforts undertaken by humanity. Going forward I trust that the
community of developers contributing to GCC and related projects will
set aside their differences and egos for the betterment of this
project and the human race, something they have done for so many years
prior.

I hope to not clutter the list, but so often are these technical
forums only littered with problems. Some small measure of positivity
seems appropriate.

Cheers,
 R0b0t1