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Subject: RE: [Stdcxx Wiki] Update of "TargetPlatforms" by EricLemings
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 11:36:05 -0600
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From: "Eric Lemings" <Eric.Lemings@roguewave.com>
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=20

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Sebor [mailto:msebor@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Martin Sebor
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 11:02 AM
> To: dev@stdcxx.apache.org
> Subject: Re: [Stdcxx Wiki] Update of "TargetPlatforms" by EricLemings
>=20
> Travis Vitek wrote:
> > =20
> >=20
> >> Subject: [Stdcxx Wiki] Update of "TargetPlatforms" by EricLemings
> >>
> >> Dear Wiki user,
> >>
> >> You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Stdcxx=20
> >> Wiki" for change notification.
> >>
> >> The following page has been changed by EricLemings:
> >> http://wiki.apache.org/stdcxx/TargetPlatforms
> >>
> >> The comment on the change is:
> >> TargetPlatforms won't change between patch releases.
> >>
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >> ---------------
> >> - ||||||<tablestyle=3D"text-align:center">'''Target platforms=20
> >> for stdcxx 4.2.1'''||
> >> + ||||||<tablestyle=3D"text-align:center">'''Target platforms=20
> >> for stdcxx 4.2.x'''||
> >>  ||Category||Operating[[BR]]System||Compiler||
> >>  ||<rowspan=3D10>Primary||<rowspan=3D2>HP-UX 11i||HP aCC 6.16||
> >>  ||HP aCC 3.74||
>=20
> This was meant to be a list of platforms specifically for 4.2.1,
> but I suppose calling it 4.2.x is fine too.
>=20
> >>
> >=20
> > This should probably be 4.2.2 [not 4.2.x], but we haven't really
> > discussed target platforms or release manager issues yet.=20
> Perhaps this
> > is a good time to do so? Are there any compilers that were=20
> not on the
> > 4.2.1 list but should be considered for the 4.2.2 list?
>=20
> I don't expect us to be dropping any platforms but it would be
> nice to add more recent releases of the currently supported
> compilers, such as aCC 3.80 and gcc 4.3.

For a patch release?  I'd understand dropping support in major
release and possibly minor releases, and adding support in minor
releases, but I would think nothing would change, in terms of
supported platforms, between patch releases.  Not that there
would be a problem with adding support in patch releases also;
just seems like a distinguishing factor between minor and patch
releases.

> I don't know of any
> others. Are there any that we'd like to add? Maybe AIX 6 if
> and when we get it.

I noticed Intel C++ 10.1 is not on the list.

That brings up another related issue.  Do we need to identify
the exact version numbers?  Or does HP C++ 6.16 for example
mean that any other versions of the 6.x compiler are
intentionally NOT supported?

Brad.