index.html: Update version references.

2004-07-29  Phil Edwards  <phil@codesourcery.com>

	* docs/html/faq/index.html:  Update version references.  Make
	clear that code from SGI has diverged greatly.  Remove references
	to library snapshots and what's-new sections.
	* docs/html/faq/index.txt:  Regenerate.

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2004-07-29 Phil Edwards <phil@codesourcery.com>
* docs/html/faq/index.html: Update version references. Make
clear that code from SGI has diverged greatly. Remove references
to library snapshots and what's-new sections.
* docs/html/faq/index.txt: Regenerate.
2004-07-28 Matt Austern <austern@apple.com>
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<link rel="Start" rev="Help" href="../documentation.html" type="text/html"
title="GNU C++ Standard Library" />
<link rel="Copyright" href="../17_intro/license.html" type="text/html" />
<!--
** Locations of "the most recent snapshot is the Nth" text are
** answers 1_1, .
-->
</head>
<body>
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<h2><a name="1_1">1.1 What is libstdc++-v3?</a></h2>
<p>The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 is an
ongoing project to implement the ISO 14882 Standard C++ library
as described in chapters 17 through 27 and annex D. As the
library reaches stable plateaus, it is captured in a snapshot
and released. The latest release is
<a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/libstdc++/index.html#download">the
fourteenth snapshot</a> but newer versions have been included
in recent GCC releases. For those who want to see exactly how
as described in chapters 17 through 27 and annex D.
For those who want to see exactly how
far the project has come, or just want the latest
bleeding-edge code, the up-to-date source is available over
anonymous CVS, and can even be browsed over the Web (see
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<p>The GNU C/C++/FORTRAN/&lt;pick-a-language&gt; compiler
(<code>gcc</code>, <code>g++</code>, etc) is widely considered to be
one of the leading compilers in the world. Its development
has recently been taken over by the
is overseen by the
<a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/">GCC team</a>. All of
the rapid development and near-legendary
<a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-3.0/buildstat.html">portability</a>
<a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-3.3/buildstat.html">portability</a>
that are the hallmarks of an open-source project are being
applied to libstdc++.
</p>
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</p>
<p>The subset commonly known as the Standard Template Library
(chapters 23 through 25, mostly) is adapted from the final release
of the SGI STL.
of the SGI STL, with extensive changes.
</p>
<hr />
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series was. If you are using GCC 2.95, you can still
build earlier snapshots of libstdc++.
</li>
<li> GNU Make is recommended, but should not be required.
<li> GNU Make is required for GCC 3.4 and later.
</li>
<li> The GNU Autotools are needed if you are messing with
the configury or makefiles.
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respond to your report. Thank you.
</p>
<hr />
<h2><a name="4_1">4.1 What works already?</a></h2>
<p>Short answer: Pretty much everything <em>works</em> except for some
corner cases. Also, localization is incomplete. For whether it works
well, or as you expect it to work, see 5.2.
</p>
<p>Long answer: See the docs/html/17_intro/CHECKLIST file, which is
badly outdated...
badly outdated... Also see the RELEASE-NOTES file, which is kept
more up to date.
</p>
<p>What follows is a verbatim clip from the &quot;Status&quot; section
of the RELEASE-NOTES for the latest snapshot. For a list of
fixed bugs, see that file.
</p>
<!-- Yeah, I meant that "verbatim clip" thing literally... :-) -->
<pre>
New:
</pre>
<hr />
<h2><a name="4_2">4.2 Bugs in gcc/g++ (not libstdc++-v3)</a></h2>
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<hr />
<h2><a name="5_3">5.3 What about the STL from SGI?</a></h2>
<p>The <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/">STL from SGI</a>,
version 3.3, was the most recent merge of the STL codebase. The
code in libstdc++ contains many fixes and changes, and it is
very likely that the SGI code is no longer under active
version 3.3, was the final merge of the STL codebase. The
code in libstdc++ contains many fixes and changes, and
the SGI code is no longer under active
development. We expect that no future merges will take place.
</p>
<p>In particular, <code>string</code> is not from SGI and makes no

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