[Lsb-wg] opposition to LSB 2.0 rc1

[Phil Edwards]

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.


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the bird, stone beneath soil, the sun behind Urth.  Behind our efforts, let
there be found our efforts.
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