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Re: Beyond GCC 3.0: Summing Up
- To: Richard Kenner <kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu>
- Subject: Re: Beyond GCC 3.0: Summing Up
- From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:53:28 -0700
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <10107101748.AA13371@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>
On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 01:48:54PM -0400, Richard Kenner wrote:
> You are assuming they can finish the build with the new gcc. Let me
> tell you this, when they find a version of a major gcc release which
> can build the whole distribution, they probably will stick to it for a
> *while* unless there is a very good reason to upgrade.
>
> The point is that they shouldn't "find" it by some accidental process:
> we should work with them to make sure it happens. And, as you say,
> few people will want to upgrade once they have a working release, so the
> benefit of succeeding point releases gets progressively smaller.
Again, you are assuming it will work for them. The real question
is how we work with Linux/xxxBSD distribution vendors to make sure
a new major release of gcc will build a complete working Linux/xxxBSD
distribution. The answer should come from them, not us.
H.J.