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Re: [Lsb-wg] opposition to LSB 2.0 rc1
- From: Phil Edwards <phil at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Joe Buck <Joe dot Buck at synopsys dot COM>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org, lsb-wg at freestandards dot org
- Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 02:45:26 -0400
- Subject: Re: [Lsb-wg] opposition to LSB 2.0 rc1
- References: <20040729111335.57e712fd.bkoz@redhat.com> <1091138135.1453.33.camel@localhost.localdomain> <410C273F.8000401@bothner.com> <20040731171210.A5217@synopsys.com>
On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 05:12:10PM -0700, Joe Buck wrote:
> I am particularly troubled
> because it means that LSB will be locking in the last version of GCC
> before we fixed the C++ parser, meaning that the old parser will have to
> be maintained indefinitely.
Euuuugggghhh. If ever there was code that needed killin', it's the
old C++ parser.
I would wager that if the LSB chooses this path, it will doom vendors to
/always/ needing local parser patches applied once they move to a newer
version, because "the LSB needs it" will probably not be a good enough
reason to prevent removal of the old parser.
--
Behind everything some further thing is found, forever; thus the tree behind
the bird, stone beneath soil, the sun behind Urth. Behind our efforts, let
there be found our efforts.
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