From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 30 20:29:22 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C29D1065679 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:29:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bounces@nabble.com) Received: from kuber.nabble.com (kuber.nabble.com [216.139.236.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 660468FC13 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:29:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bounces@nabble.com) Received: from isper.nabble.com ([192.168.236.156]) by kuber.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KOIIT-0007FT-Hw for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:29:21 -0700 Message-ID: <18742235.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:29:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Jakub Lach To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <4890A25D.3060606@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Nabble-From: jakub_lach@mailplus.pl References: <18736784.post@talk.nabble.com> <48909534.9040608@FreeBSD.org> <18737322.post@talk.nabble.com> <4890A25D.3060606@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: When gcc43 is expected to be in base? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:29:22 -0000 Kris Kennaway-3 wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Thank you very much for all answers. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/When-gcc43-is-expected-to-be-in-base--tp18736784p18742235.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com.