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Re: Compiling GCC with g++: a report
On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 20:11 -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 05:14:42PM -0700, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> > Well, if I were running the show, the 'clock' would only start running
> > when it was consensus among the libstdc++ developers that the soname
> > would not be bumped again - that henceforth libstdc++ was committed to
> > binary compatibility as good as glibc's. Or better, if y'all can manage
> > it. It doesn't sound like we're there yet, to me.
>
> If that's why you were confused by my response, I was not suggesting
> freezing the ABI. I think it's an awful idea.
Why? To be honest, I keep harping on this mostly because I think it
should happen. All the C++-in-GCC noise is a digression.
You know how much work it is for the distributors every time we bump the
libstdc++ soname. Why wouldn't we want to stop inflicting that pain on
them?
zw