[wwwdocs] Mention powerpc*-*-*spe* deprecation in gcc-8/changes.html
Jakub Jelinek
jakub@redhat.com
Wed Apr 18 10:35:00 GMT 2018
Hi!
The following patch mentions the deprecation of powerpc*spe*.
Ok for wwwdocs?
Index: changes.html
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RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/gcc-8/changes.html,v
retrieving revision 1.66
diff -u -p -r1.66 changes.html
--- changes.html 16 Apr 2018 13:39:03 -0000 1.66
+++ changes.html 18 Apr 2018 09:04:14 -0000
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ a work-in-progress.</h2>
The non-standard C++0x <code>std::copy_exception</code> function was
removed. <code>std::make_exception_ptr</code> should be used instead.
</li>
+ <li><p>Support for the <code>powerpc*-*-*spe*</code> target ports which have
+ been recently unmaintained and untested in GCC has been declared
+ obsolete in GCC 8 as announced
+ <a href="https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2018-04/msg00102.html">here</a>.
+ Unless there is activity to revive them, the
+ next release of GCC will have their sources permanently
+ <strong>removed</strong>.</p>
+ </li>
</ul>
@@ -1162,7 +1170,8 @@ is now easier-to-read.</p>
<ul>
<li>
The PowerPC SPE support is split off to a separate <code>powerpcspe</code>
- port. See the separate entry for that new port.
+ port. The separate port is deprecated and might be removed in a future
+ release.
</li>
<li>
The Paired Single support (as used on some PPC750 CPUs,
@@ -1181,8 +1190,6 @@ is now easier-to-read.</p>
</li>
</ul>
-<h3 id="powerpcspe">PowerPC SPE</h3>
-
<!-- <h3 id="s390">S/390, System z, IBM z Systems</h3> -->
<!-- <h3 id="riscv">RISC-V</h3> -->
Jakub
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