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Date:      Tue, 28 May 2013 19:10:23 +0100
From:      David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        amd64@FreeBSD.org, toolchain@FreeBSD.org, Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org>, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@felyko.com>
Subject:   Re: [CFT] gcc: support for barcelona
Message-ID:  <3C29AD82-077D-4E6B-94C7-5D069A130348@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <521EEFA1-E116-41F5-B618-238E7AA092A8@bsdimp.com>
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On 28 May 2013, at 18:40, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:

> That's not going to happen soon. While it works OK for amd64, there's =
still many bugs in its ARM support and even more in its MIPS support. =
There's 0 chance it will be gone in 10...

I disagree.  There is a significant chance that gcc in base will be gone =
for all Tier 1 platforms in 10.0.  There are still some reasons to want =
gcc installed, but there are no compelling reasons to want an ancient =
version of gcc installed on x86[-64] or ARM.  For people who need gcc, =
the ports collection provides a selection of recent versions.

David




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