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Date:      Thu, 8 Aug 1996 14:27:51 +0900 (JST)
From:      Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
To:        "Brian N. Handy" <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com>
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Whither gcc 2.7? 
Message-ID:  <Pine.SV4.3.93.960808142325.11801C-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.94.960807111555.5199U-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com>

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On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, Brian N. Handy wrote:

> I guess another thing I wonder about...has anyone thought about the future
> plans of tracking gcc?  We've been running 2.6.3 for a loong time, are we
> going to move to 2.7.# and stay with it or is FreeBSD going to start
> tracking gcc more closely? 

Since we're using gcc to compile the kernel we need to identify stable
releases of gcc and stick with it for a while.

Closely tracking and incorporating all gcc releases (including unstable
releases) is not a high priority. 

Regards,


Mike Hancock




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