state of libstdcxx_so_7-branch

[Paolo Carlini]

Hi,

and sorry for replying late...

> One of the things that was learned from the libstdcxx_so_7-branch was 
> that unless things are merged pretty regularly, things can get really 
> hard.
>
> I would suggest some kind of schedule, or merging libstdc++ and gcc 
> sources separately.
>
> In addition, I would suggest putting up all the tools for merging, or 
> posting commands and establishing best practice for this (written down 
> somewhere), or somehow collecting all this info, so that this 
> responsibility can be handed around so that just one person isn't 
> stuck with it all the time.
>
> Paolo probably has some insights here.

Thanks Benjamin, but I just totally agree with you, really. Maintaining 
such a branch means a lot of work, while mainline is still actively 
developed and merges are not trivial.

>> If this is the way to go, and I think it is, then I'm certainly not 
>> the best person to make this change. Someone with a better 
>> understanding of the configure logic, header install process, etc. 
>> should handle the initial setup of libstdc++-v4.
>
> I'm willing to tackle this but let's get the post-Oxford mailing 
> deadline out of the way first.
>
> It might also be wise to finish up the exploration of how to do merged 
> traits. Paolo, do you want to give that a try?

You mean, the traits thing, right? I agree it has very high priority. I 
want to help, yes, only I'm not sure about the timings, I have a few 
pending deadlines (e.g., complete __is_convertible_to in the C++ 
front-end)...

Thanks,
Paolo.