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[wwwdocs,committed] Update gcc-7/changes.html for LRA

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Gerald Pfeifer Jan. 28, 2017, 9:51 p.m. UTC 
On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> I'm committing the following for changes-7.html

Thanks!

> Index: htdocs/gcc-7/changes.html
> ===================================================================
> +  <li>GCC now uses LRA by default for new targets.</li>

> +  <li>The PowerPC port now uses LRA by default.</li>

All of us (on this list) know what LRA is, why this is a good
change, etc.

Since our release notes in changes.html are also consumed by
users and media, would it make sense to provide a little more
color?

I applied the patch below, but there may be more we could do?

Gerald

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Segher Boessenkool Jan. 31, 2017, 12:34 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 10:51:34PM +0100, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> > Index: htdocs/gcc-7/changes.html
> > ===================================================================
> > +  <li>GCC now uses LRA by default for new targets.</li>
> 
> > +  <li>The PowerPC port now uses LRA by default.</li>
> 
> All of us (on this list) know what LRA is, why this is a good
> change, etc.
> 
> Since our release notes in changes.html are also consumed by
> users and media, would it make sense to provide a little more
> color?
> 
> I applied the patch below, but there may be more we could do?

Not sure.  This really does not change anything for users.  But we
have no "news for developers" page.


Segher
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Index: gcc-7/changes.html
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RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/gcc-7/changes.html,v
retrieving revision 1.46
diff -u -r1.46 changes.html
--- gcc-7/changes.html	28 Jan 2017 01:15:53 -0000	1.46
+++ gcc-7/changes.html	28 Jan 2017 21:50:24 -0000
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ 
 <!-- .................................................................. -->
 <h2>Caveats</h2>
 <ul>
-  <li>GCC now uses <a href="https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/LRAIsDefault">LRA by
-      default</a> for new targets.</li>
+  <li>GCC now uses <a href="https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/LRAIsDefault">LRA (a
+      new local register allocator) by default</a> for new targets.</li>
 
   <li>The non-standard C++0x type traits
       <code>has_trivial_default_constructor</code>,