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Re: GCC 3.0 Release Criteria
- To: Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot de>
- Subject: Re: GCC 3.0 Release Criteria
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>
- Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 20:48:48 +0200 (MET DST)
- cc: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
I just re-read and pondered about this subthread. Below you'll find
two specific issues, which I believe have not been fully addressed
yet, together with suggested changes to criteria.html.
As a matter of fact, this discussion is not about Mark, in whose
integrity and ability to make sound and fair decisions I (and I believe
most of those having raised issues) absolutely trust, but about "public
relations".
On 1 May 2000, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> Does it really make sense to test for both RedHat and Debian at all?
Many will find it a bit disturbing that, while we want to keep the list as
short as possible (which makes a lot of sense) we have two instances of
one and the same platform, both hardware- and software-wise, as primary
platforms (Intel x86).
Suggested change: Being a GNU project, I believe we should keep Debian
GNU/Linux and move Red Hat on Intel to the secondary platforms. That
should help convince BSD platforms, for example, that they are not
second class citizens.
Mark Mitchell wrote:
> If there's the odd bug or two on SunOS 4.1.4, that's too bad -- but
> not nearly as damaging to the GNU Project as whole, in my opinion.
I completely agree with that point of view, and I definitely believe that
Mark will treat a critical bug on, say NetBSD (where Charles is concerned
about), differently from a bug on a dying platform like SunOS 4.1.4.
And I fully agree that SunOS makes an extremely useful platform for
testing and should be listed as a testing platform.
Yet, it is a matter of "optics" to see actively developed free software
platforms in the same section as dying proprietary ones and indeed I
believe that this has been the root of some of the controversy here.
Suggested change: Add a sentence, that we are especially concerned about
(free) systems, where GCC serves as the system compiler, to reassure
our commitment to the BSDs.
Gerald
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