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Re: Remove obsolete Solaris 8 support
- From: Rainer Orth <ro at CeBiTec dot Uni-Bielefeld dot DE>
- To: Mike Stump <mikestump at comcast dot net>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org, java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at adacore dot com>, Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:48:49 +0100
- Subject: Re: Remove obsolete Solaris 8 support
- References: <yddwr6piuiv.fsf@manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE> <43D69F8C-3FCE-4915-A211-6F04466DB8CB@comcast.net>
Mike Stump <mikestump@comcast.net> writes:
> On Mar 12, 2012, at 10:44 AM, Rainer Orth wrote:
>> Since even extended support for Solaris 8 ends by March 31st, this patch
>> removes Solaris 8 support from mainline.
>
> One of the nice things about gcc is that gcc usually still works, long
> after a vendor has abandoned a machine. I rather like that gcc will
> just work, unlike vendor software, which often says, please buy a new
> machine. One doesn't have to remove support in gcc for something,
> just because a vendor doesn't support it. That said, truly crufty
> things, should go.
No need to tell me, that's why I've been keeping the IRIX and OSF ports
going for so long, sort of like an OS archaeologist :-) But both for
those and Solaris 8, the time has come where maintaining them is more
trouble than it's worth, as can be seen by the contortions I had to go
through to even find a machine still capable of running Solaris 8/x86.
Rainer
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Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University