libstdcxx_so_7 branch (was Re: [Patch/RFC] libstdc++/19495)

[Mark Mitchell]

Paolo Carlini wrote:
> Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Apologies if I missed it - is the so_7 branch targetted at a particular
>> release yet, or will it just be "the next one that's not ABI-compatible
>> with 3.4" ?
>>  
>>
> AFAIK, at the moment, simply the latter.

The SC will have to decide when it will be appropriate to make a release 
that's not ABI-compatible with 3.4.  I don't have a preconceived notion 
of the right answer here, but the effect on the overall GCC project will 
be large.  It may make sense to do the V3 change at the same time as 
making any necessary incompatible updates to the G++ or libgcc ABIs, for 
example, should that be necessary.

Do the V3 people currently have thoughts about when they would like to 
switch?

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