Re: [Mingw-users] mingw gcc 4.3 release?

[Doug Schaefer <dschaefer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Weddington, Eric wrote:
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>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mingw-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> [mailto:mingw-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
>> Of Brian Dessent
>> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 5:54 PM
>> To: MinGW Users List
>> Subject: Re: [Mingw-users] mingw gcc 4.3 release?
>>
>> Lothar May wrote:
>>
>>
>> The problem is that MinGW gcc releases contain a huge number of local
>> patches by Danny.  They are not just vanilla FSF releases.  
>> The patches
>> fix a number of issues that aren't fixed upstream.  It's a ton of work
>> to maintain a local tree like that, and I wouldn't be 
>> surprised to find
>> that Danny finds it quite painful to make releases.
>>     
> <snip> 
>   
>> So the real issue is not that FSF gcc doesn't build or 
>> doesn't work, but
>> rather that vanilla FSF gcc has never been stable enough to 
>> call it the
>> system compiler, for either MinGW or Cygwin.
>>
>>     
>
> Hi Brian,
>
> I've heard this mentioned before. I was wondering: is there some "master
> list" of what these issues are, with links to any relevant patches?
> Would this be on the mingw wiki? Bug list? Somewhere else? Basically, so
> other people who aren't closely familiar with the problem can see it in
> detail.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
>   

I am very interested in helping out. I'd love to have 4.3 in the next 
release of my Wascana Eclipse CDT for Windows distribution. Is it simply 
a matter of brining forward the 4.2.1 patch leaving off the stuff that 
is already in 4.3 or is there more that isn't in the 4.2.1 tech preview?

Cheers,
Doug

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