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Re: cygwin gcc 3.4 and cygwin
- From: Brian Ford <ford at vss dot fsi dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 14:53:33 -0600 (CST)
- Subject: Re: cygwin gcc 3.4 and cygwin
Brian Ford wrote:
>Cygwin's gcc has an extensive number of patches and is pre 3.2. There
>must be a reason for this. Maybe it is just volunteer time, but somehow
>I doubt it.
Christopher Faylor wrote:
>There is no hidden agenda here.
>
Ok. But is it "kosher" for me to submit and revise patches to vanilla gcc
that I did not write, ie. those that are already part of Cygwin's gcc?
>If you want to improve the trunk version of gcc, feel free to submit
>patches to the appropriate mailing list. You do have an assignment on
>file with the FSF, right?
>
So far, all of my patches to FSF software have been classified as
"trivial" or were before the strict assignment campaign. This is
obviously easily fixable by me when necessary, though.
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