libgcj maintenance for 4.0.x branch

Fri Apr 15 19:44:00 GMT 2005

Anthony Green wrote:
> Michael Koch has volunteered to maintain the GCC 4.0.x branch for
> libgcj. This basically involves moving approved patches from HEAD back
> to the branch.
>> It would be good to set up some kind of policy for what patches should
> be acceptable. Perhaps something like this already exists.
>> My suggestion is simply to make the golden rule:
>> "Programs built against libgcj 4.0.a should link correctly against
> libgcj 4.0.b where a<b."

I think 4.0.x is meant for small safe bug-fixes and improvements.
So I think it is primarily the Release manager's job to set policy.
What you're saying is a necessary condition for including a patch,
but I'm not sure it's sufficient.
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