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From: "Alex R. Mosteo" <devnull@mailinator.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Possibly fixed in gcc 4.1.1,
 but bug box -- Was: Re: A smaller self contained test case ...
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:43:08 +0200
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Ludovic Brenta wrote:

> Alex R. Mosteo a �crit :
>> Last time I heard, Ada is not a release criterion for gcc. As I
>> understand it, this means that the gcc version, even if GMGPL, can be in
>> any state. It could be perfectly ok yesterday, and today be broken in
>> subtle ways, and this wouldn't alter the gcc releasing schedule.
> 
> True, Ada is not a release criterion, but GCC _is_ stable, because
> AdaCore still follows the rules of development in GCC. They merge most
> of their changes during Stage 1; in Stage 2 and Stage 3, only bug fixes
> are accepted into the compiler. So, GCC 4.1 is quite useable and
> appropriate for most purposes; Robert Dewar himself confirmed so,
> verbally, during FOSDEM.

I didn't want to sound excessively negative. It's just that they're not
forced like other frontends to correct a bug or regression when release is
nearing. And given the number of bugs I've found in the two latest GAP
releases, that I suppose are packaged when they want, after the testing
they want, I wouldn't hold my breath on the 4.x branch. Admitely I am
heavily experimenting with the 05 features, I can't comment on pure 95 code
stability.