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Re: 3.3 PATCH: Add PNI support
- From: "H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- To: Nathanael Nerode <neroden at twcny dot rr dot com>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 16:03:39 -0800
- Subject: Re: 3.3 PATCH: Add PNI support
- References: <3FA2F19F.2050208@twcny.rr.com>
On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 06:34:55PM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> >It doesn't fix any regression. The issue here is usability. People
> >have complained that gcc 3.3 is not used by Linux developers:
> >
> >http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2003-10/msg00674.html
> To quote an earlier message in that thread, "that's not the way it
> works". I believe that bolting new features onto 3.3 at this point was
> not in the game plan, although the 3.3 release manager can decide for
> himself of course.
>
> >Both SuSE and Red Hat gcc 3.3 branches are much more usable on Linux
> >than gcc 3.3. If Linux developers want to use PNI, gcc 3.3 is useless
> >and gcc 3.4 is unstable. What choices do they have?
>
> Use 3.4. It's in stage 3 (bug fixes only) and is stabilizing quickly
You must be kidding. I won't recommend 3.4 for anything related to
production.
> (despite a couple of nasty bootstrap problems which have shown up recently).
> Or, use assembly language.
The current situation is gcc 3.3 is just a baseline. People have to
apply patches on top of it to get a stable and usable compiler.
H.J.