Re: Huh, gcc 2.95.3?
On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 04:47:55PM +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> Ben Collins wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 04:03:45PM +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> > > Happy new year to everyone!
> > >
> > > gcc 2.95.3 appeared in Sid, but it hasn't been announced by the
> > > GCC steering committee yet. Is this some kind of early access
> > > version?
> >
> > It's based on the CVS branch, which is noted in the changelog if you had
> > bothered to read it.
>
> To read the changelog I have to download and install it. But I don't
> like to install unknown compilers on my development machines. Especially
> since there is no undo operation for dpkg -i.
To read the changelog, you do not have to install it.
> > There's no such thing as "early access", this is
> > open source you know :)
> >
>
> My (personal) definition for 'Early Access Software' is that somebody
> has grabbed a more or less stable version with the knowledge of the
> maintainers before the official release date. I cannot see why
> this definition shouldn't be applicable to GPL software.
To me "Early Access" is a commercial buzz word that means "some special
people get access before everyone else".
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