On 6 Mar 2001, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> > that the developers of gcc have said that they dont want gcc 2.96 to be
> > used in distros, and I think it's important to respect the developers
> > will.
>
> Not all the developpers have said that.
>
> Reality is that using that compiler in distros such as rh and us, brings a
> very large test code base for gcc and help them to progress in their work.
> Also, gcc-2.96 fixes many very important problems in gcc-2.95. Especially
> in terms of C++ code, they produced a lot of nice work and 2.96 brings
> many enhancements.
Yes, it's been discussed in Linux Weekly News that, if RH don't push the
newest gcc out, there wouldn't be so many people testing and debugging it,
and gcc won't evolve so quickly. That's both sides of a coin.
Abel Cheung
