Re: Arthur's test run on gcc

Earnie Boyd <[email protected]> Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:51:35 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.mingw.devel
Message-ID <CA+sc5mkLhpiH8OSHp6aM5gfN+GRoEhsCGVcMCSf_xuRNGWf0qQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 12:29 PM, arthur wrote:
> Hi Earnie,
>
> I setup my env as you suggested. Looks the current MinGW already has
> gcc-4.7.2 and gcc-4.7.2-1-mingw32.RELEASE_NOTES.txt mentions there is no
> local patch was used to build it. I think I may go through the work of
> this version as my test run. What do you think.
>

I think it is a good idea to try to understand the build system
already set in place.  We prefer not to use local patches.  We may
backport a patch if it has been accepted upstream for an up and coming
release if that patch proves most beneficial without waiting for the
release.

You can look at existing tickets at
https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw/bugs/ and a search criteria of the
following.  You may reassign yourself as owner unless the owner is
Keith Marshall.

!status:doc && !status:closed* && (labels:gcc || labels:binutils) &&
_milestone:OTHER

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