RE: [avr-libc-dev] Patches for 1.7.1?

[Weddington, Eric]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boyapati, Anitha
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 9:16 AM
> To: Weddington, Eric; 'Ruud Vlaming'; 'address@hidden'
> Subject: RE: [avr-libc-dev] Patches for 1.7.1?
> 
> >
> >Are they for test devices? Or are they for new devices?
> 
> New devices yet internal and non-public.
> 
> >
> >And, really, if they cause build errors and can be ignored, then they
> >should not be in the bundled source code on the Atmel Norway website to
> >begin with.
> 
> The policy is to releases sources that has been used to build the
> toolchain.

Actually, it is only required to release the source code for GPL licensed 
software.

Avr-libc is licensed with the modified BSD license. Ironically, Atmel is not 
required to release that source code. Although, I would strongly suggest it as 
a benefit to the user community.

In the case of source code for private devices, it has been my policy in the 
past to not release the source code for those devices for avr-libc.


> > This causes a disservice to the user community.
> 
> This is not intentional. And moreover they will not be prolonged. The
> errors are similar to AVR tiny10 errors caused by avrtiny10. These were
> realized in much later stages when avr-libc 1.7.1 was used.

Will the source code for these devices that are currently private be released 
in the near future?