At present, we have 160 serious regressions open against mainline (which will become 4.2). (I've downgraded many of Volker's reports about ICEs after valid error messages to P4, following Jason's recommendation. Upon reflection, I think that's the right thing to do; although robust error recovery is clearly a good thing, these ICEs don't have a substantial impact on most users.)
Of the 160 regressions, 33 are P1s. As usual, a number are C++ issues. I intend to go after many of those personally in the near future. However, there are plenty of non-C++ P1s as well, so don't feel there's nothing for you non-C++ folks to do. Our historical standard for branching has been 100 regressions. I still think that's a reasonable target. The fact that we've still got a lot of issues on the mainline, even though we've been in regressions-only mode for quite a while, indicates that if we had a release branch we'd probably be having a very hard time getting 4.2 out -- and we'd be spending effort on 4.3. For those that think we're in Stage 3 for too long, please note that if every frequent GCC contributor fixed three regressions, we'd be under 100. We could do it tomorrow -- and certainly this week! -- with a concerted effort. -- Mark Mitchell CodeSourcery [EMAIL PROTECTED] (650) 331-3385 x713
