Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:18:21 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Jakub Lach <jakub_lach@mailplus.pl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When gcc43 is expected to be in base? Message-ID: <4890A25D.3060606@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <18737322.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <18736784.post@talk.nabble.com> <48909534.9040608@FreeBSD.org> <18737322.post@talk.nabble.com>
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Jakub Lach wrote: > > > Kris Kennaway-3 wrote: >> Jakub Lach wrote: >>> I'm eager to have core2 march, but don't want to mess system forcing >>> gcc43 as >>> base. >> I don't think it is planned to update to gcc 4.3 since it is covered by >> the GPLv3. > > Thanks for fast answer, is there any chance that licensing stuff is going to > be omitted? There is basically no chance the GCC developers will reconsider their decision to relicense GCC 4.3 to GPLv3. > If not, will then FreeBSD move to another compiler? The existing gcc 4.2 will be supported for some time by the gcc developers. In the meantime hopefully llvm/clang will mature enough to provide an alternative. It is already quite far along and has significant resources behind it (apple, etc). Kris
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