Date:	Sun, 2 Apr 2000 08:39:32 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Jeff Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
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Subject:	Re: [WANTED]Old GCC/GXX's
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Jeff Williams wrote:

> My original reaction to this topic was that it would be worthwhile to
> return the gcc 2.7.2.1 zips to the DJGPP archive, for reasons that have
> arisen in this thread (stability, small size, etc).  Others disagree,
> however; probably they all have much newer machines than I do :-/

FWIW, I'm still using GCC 2.7.2.1 to compile all the packages I
prepare for SimTel.NET.

I must trust the compiler to produce valid code for core development
tools that are used by so many people, and I (still) don't trust GCC
2.95.x enough, although I do have it installed and use it to test the
distribution before uploading.

> If you do upload them, however, I would suggest returning them to v2gnu
> (since previous versions of other programs are also left in v2gnu).

No, that's different.  Previous versions of other GNU packages are in
v2gnu because they have radically different functionality that users
may want.  Examples are Patch 2.1 and Emacs 19.34.  This is not the
case with GCC: the old version should be only useful for those who
want a trusted bug-free version in a situation where the compiler is
suspect.

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