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Re: Remove obsolete Solaris 8 support
- From: Steven Bosscher <stevenb dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- To: Mike Stump <mikestump at comcast dot net>
- Cc: Rainer Orth <ro at cebitec dot uni-bielefeld dot de>, 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 19:57:58 +0100
- Subject: Re: Remove obsolete Solaris 8 support
- References: <yddwr6piuiv.fsf@manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE> <43D69F8C-3FCE-4915-A211-6F04466DB8CB@comcast.net>
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Mike Stump <mikestump@comcast.net> wrote:
> 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.
Personally, I'd be in favor of removing any target for which no test
results have been posted for the last, say, 2 GCC release series.
Otherwise there isn't any measure for the quality for such a target.
There've been GCC release series where a complete port failed to
build...
Ciao!
Steven