[MAJOR BUG] g++ 2.95.x generates invalid code for KDE 3.3.0

Leo Savernik l.savernik at aon.at
Sun Sep 19 21:20:57 BST 2004


Am Sonntag, 19. September 2004 21:56 schrieb Ingo Klöcker:
[...]
> > I'm willing to stay the gcc-2.95 compliance police as long as I'm
> > using gcc-2.95 (as I've already done for the 3.2 and 3.3 releases). I
> > just have to do more thorough testing of the betas/rcs.
>
> I don't think it's sufficient to have one developer check whether KDE
> still works with gcc-2.95. Actually, the current situation has already
> proven this point. KDE 3.3.0 doesn't work with gcc-2.95. That's a fact.

In fact it does work, that's what I'm using right now. Only the apps using 
K*Socket* crash (but those aren't too many, apparently).

>
> We, the KDE PIM developers, have decided to drop KDE 3.2 compatibility
> (KDE PIM is now developed against KDE 3.3) because nobody of us wanted
> to stay with KDE 3.2 now that KDE 3.3 is out. Nobody of us using KDE
> 3.2 would have made it impossible to guarantee that KDE PIM still works
> (or even compiles) with KDE 3.2. So dropping KDE 3.2 compatibility was
> the sensible conclusion.

Ok, but I'm not nobody. I actively use gcc-2.95 and *will* notice bugs (but 
sometimes too late).
>
> Regards,
> Ingo
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