Re: [Mingw-users] Is MinGW GCC 4.5.0 stable or not?

[Tao W. <dan...@gm...>]

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Tor Lillqvist <tm...@ik...> wrote:
>> Wikipedia is used by a lot of people. Not consideringg it is like shooting
>> in your foot. Not changing it and you'll have again and again the same
>> messages in the mailing list.
>
> But note that it is against Wikipedia policy for articles to contain
> what they call "original research". That could mean that people who
> work on something (like the MinGW maintainers) are not supposed to
> write the article about it themselves? But I am not sure... (At least,
> it is clear that people who write about things they do themselves need
> to be very careful to not make it seem like "advertisement".)
>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research
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You definitely can write article about yourself. Just be objective,
that's all. About "reliable source", your official website should be
count.

However, regarding the "4.5.0 is a stable release", um... , MinGW
offcial website cannot be a 'reliable source', because I cannot find
anything directly state that 4.5.0 is a current stable release in the
website. So, unless you update your website or public document to make
it clear, it's hard likely to be a reference.


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Regards

Tao Wang