Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 21:35:16 -0500 (EST) From: Will Andrews <andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> To: Ade Lovett <ade@lovett.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>, "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org>, "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ports/15135: new port: devel/cervisia Message-ID: <XFMail.991128213516.andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> In-Reply-To: <19991128201850.A61560@lovett.com>
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On 29-Nov-99 Ade Lovett wrote: > But the compiler gap between -STABLE and -CURRENT is now so wide that > such measures do probably need to be taken. I agree with this particular statement.. frankly, I've wondered why gcc 2.91.66 wasn't MFC'd to 3.x long ago (David?). After all, it's been in -CURRENT for several months (at the very least). And all we need is 2.91.66, since that is the earliest version (that I know of) which supports the newer ANSI ISO C++ standards. That is, the new standard apparently not supported by the older gcc. Can we not MFC gcc 2.91.66 to RELENG_3 for a future version of 3.x? I am sure this can be done, although I can also hear some people wondering whether this is common sense, since some people may not need the support boasted by the new gcc. > If such a change does happen, it may also be worth considering synchronising > it with a move to USE_NEWGCC for the GNOME metaport, since there seems to > be increasing amount of third-party code that can take advantage of both > environments. I also agree here.. although I can't think of any ports offhand that require newgcc and gnome (and/or kde). Bottom line - I don't think it will be long before newgcc will be required all over the KDE & GNOME plates. The sooner it's implemented, the better. Thus, in the next updates for KDE and GNOME ports, we really should do a version bump (i.e., libkdeui.so.2 -> libkdeui.so.6 or similar) in order to force people to use newgcc in order to get the newer apps compiled properly. Of course, that means we'd have to sync all the KDE and GNOME-based apps depending on newgcc'd libraries. It's just another hurdle. Similar to marcel's <sys/signal.h> fame. -- Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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