Proposed targets to deprecate (sigh)

Michael Meissner gcc-mail@the-meissners.org
Tue Jun 17 21:07:00 GMT 2003


On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 04:41:29PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> These CPU targets have no maintainer:
> 
> arc

No idea.

> d30v

This was done as a contract at Cygnus some 4 years ago.  After the first
release, I don't think we ever did another release.

> dsp16xx

I think Michael Collison did the original port, when he was an independent
consultant, but I don't think he deals with at his present employer.

> frv

Catherine Moore and I did this as a port at Red Hat 2 years ago (neither of us
work there anymore).  I don't know if this is an active Red Hat port any more.

> i370

Presumably superceeded by the 390 port.

> ns32k
> pdp11

I think these are only for legacy systems (or simulator in the case of PDP-11).

> I think we should advertise (where?) that maintainers are wanted, and if 
> we don't get any, deprecate them at the next opportunity.  At the moment 
> they're just bit-rotting away...
> 
> -- 
> Nathanael Nerode  <neroden at gcc.gnu.org>
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