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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:20:51 -0700
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Subject: Re: GCC 4.1.1?
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M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> I'm sure this is a FAQ, but I didn't see it anywhere on line. How long
> before GCC 4.1.1 is available in CygWin, and what can we users do to
> accelerate the progress towards said availability?

Why specifically 4.1.1?  4.2.0 has a lot of advantages.  Not many people 
are testing newer gcc versions under cygwin and posting results to 
gcc_testresults@gcc.gnu.org.  Far from sufficient interest to make 
cygwin one of the primary supported targets for gcc.
People probably want to be assured that cygwin-specific bugs have been 
fixed, and see satisfactory results for cygwin modifications of standard 
gcc, such as -mno-cygwin support et al.  If you don't need those 
modifications, you are weloome to build (if necessary) and install the 
newer public versions.
I myself don't see a lot of incentive to keep cygwin up to date until 
64-bit support is available.

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