Re: [ANN] GCC 14.2.0-3 (aarch64, macOS)

[Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>]

Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:

> Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:
>> Björn Persson <Bjorn@rombobjörn.se> writes:
>>> It happened today in GCC 14.2.1 (as packaged in Fedora 41), so no, not
>>> only in 14.2.0.
>>
>> There's no official FSF 14.2.1 release - it may just be like Alire,
>> which only handles 3 levels, so they call the first packaging of 14.2.0
>> 14.2.1. If you say 'gcc -v' it'll probably say 14.2.0.
>>
>> Of course I could be completely wrong and Fedora have added lots of
>> value!
>
> I see some potential for confusion, since there almost certainly will be
> an official gcc 14.2.1 release in the near future.  That official
> release will include code that's not included in what Fedora calls gcc
> 14.2.1.  It's a point release, so I wouldn't expect substantial changes,
> but still, I think Fedora should use a different naming scheme.

I have this vague memory that 14.2.1 is a draft for 14.3.0, and that GCC
never has .1 _releases_. In the same way that 15.0.0 migrates to 15.0.1
before the 15.1.0 release.

Yes, see [1], section "Version Numbering Scheme for GCC 5 and Up".

Also, in gcc-mirror on github, gcc/BASE-VER in the releases/gcc-14
branch [2] holds 14.2.1.

[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/develop.html
[2] https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/blob/releases/gcc-14/gcc/BASE-VER