* David O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-01 14:31]: > [snip]
> > > >It was my understanding that FreeBSD 5.0 release was not going > > >to be GCC 3.3 (because GCC 3.3 would not be released in time for > > >FreeBSD to not be "pulling a RedHat" if they shipped a beta and > > >called it 3.3) , might be GCC 3.2, and was currently down-rev > > >from there. > > 3.3.0 will be released before FreeBSD 5.1. It is my advice to > FreeBSD'ville that we go with a GCC 3.3 snapshot for FBSD 5.0 and a GCC > 3.3.0 release for FBSD 5.1. That way we can get the new features of 3.3 > into our 5.x branch. AND get bug fixes by importing 3.3.1 and 3.3.2 into > later FBSD 5.x releases. > >From the GCC Development Plan web page http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/develop.html#future and the FreeBSD 5.0 Release Process web page http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/schedule.html here is a side by side summary of both published plans: GCC 3.3 FreeBSD 5.0 -------+----------------------------+----------------------------- | GCC 3.3 in Stage 3 | FreeBSD 5.0 in DP-2 | (bug fixes only) | | | Oct 1 | | -current Feature Freeze | | Oct 15 | GCC Stage 3 Ends | | (begin release branch) | | | Oct 20 | | -current Code Freeze | | | | | | Nov 20 | | 5.0 Announced | | | | | | Dec 15 | GCC 3.3 Released | | | Best Regards, jpb === To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
