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Re: Remove obsolete Solaris 8 support
- From: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu (Richard Kenner)
- To: mikestump at comcast dot net
- Cc: ebotcazou at adacore dot com, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, iant at google dot com, java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org, ro at cebitec dot uni-bielefeld dot de
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:49:16 EDT
- Subject: Re: Remove obsolete Solaris 8 support
- References: <yddwr6piuiv.fsf@manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE> <43D69F8C-3FCE-4915-A211-6F04466DB8CB@comcast.net>
> 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.
I agree. If it's not causing a serious maintenance issue, I see no
reason to remove it.