Deprecate i386 for GCC 4.8?

NightStrike nightstrike@gmail.com
Thu Dec 13 12:53:00 GMT 2012


On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 2:21 AM, John Marino <gnugcc@marino.st> wrote:
> Which clause are you invoking to remove it from the primary tier list?
> Richard claimed "they are not at all happy with GPLv3".  That's not a reason
> listed on your reference.  He also claimed they "not using still maintained
> compilers" which is also clearly false.
>
> Maybe FreeBSD violates the "Primary platforms are popular systems" clause
> (of course "popular" is not quantified so no way to defend accusations of
> being not popular enough).  GCC is certainly "frequently used" on FreeBSD so
> that's not in violation.

Probably the part about running regular testsuites and posting them to
the mailing list, tracking the regressions, and fixing them.



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