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Date:      Fri, 23 Aug 2013 13:16:47 +0200
From:      Kurt Jaeger <lists@c0mplx.org>
To:        current@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        toolchain@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: GCC withdraw (was: Re: patch to add AES intrinsics to gcc)
Message-ID:  <20130823111647.GT2951@home.opsec.eu>
In-Reply-To: <5217413A.9080105@passap.ru>
References:  <20130822200902.GG94127@funkthat.com> <105E26EE-8471-49D3-AB57-FBE2779CF8D0@FreeBSD.org> <5217413A.9080105@passap.ru>

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Hi!

> > I have a patch that I intend to commit before the 10.0 code
> > slush that removes GCC and libstdc++ from the default build on
> > platforms where clang is the system compiler.  We definitely don't
> > want to be supporting our 6-year-old versions of these for the
> > lifetime of the 10.x branch.
> 
> Isn't it a POLA violation?
> 
> As for me I expect something like this:
> . 9.x gcc default and clang in base;
> . 10.x clang default and gcc in base;
> . 11.x gcc withdraw.

If the 150 ports that only work with gcc, all work with a ports
gcc and do not need the gcc from base, would the following be OK ?

- 9.x gcc default and clang in base;
- 10.x clang default and gcc in ports;

-- 
pi@opsec.eu            +49 171 3101372                         7 years to go !



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