All,
I believe that since the GNUstep project is a GNU project and since
both Apple
and GNUstep current depend on GCC's ObjC frontend, that the policy of
not
considering bugs in ObjC as showstoppers needs to end. I would like
to know
what the reasons are behind the decision this policy is.
The current regressions in the ObjC compiler will make it very
difficult for
both the GNUstep project and, in my opinion, Apple to continue to use
gcc
without making modifications. Indeed, releasing a broken ObjC
compiler could
cause a great deal damage to both the relationship of GCC with Apple
and the
GNUstep project.
To my understanding a patch was submitted to correct these
regressions and was
rejected. Links available here:
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2004-12/msg00889.html
As RTH, points out, the patch is wrong, and isn't fixing the real
problem.
Patches that paper over problems instead of fixing them generally
aren't accepted.
Maybe so if they only touched the front end, but this one doesn't.