Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 17:13:52 +0200 From: Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-ports@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Max Khon <fjoe@samodelkin.net> Subject: Re: cvs commit: CVSROOT modules ports MOVED ports/lang Makefile ports/lang/gcc31 Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/lang/gcc31/files patch-ad patch-af patch-ai patch-ar patch-fa patch-fb patch-fc patch-va Message-ID: <200508011713.54908.lofi@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20050801144834.GA86732@FreeBSD.org> References: <200507311334.j6VDYZcb071651@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050801142546.GB71555@samodelkin.net> <20050801144834.GA86732@FreeBSD.org>
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--nextPart1480983.1B1Xd1RJzG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Monday, 1. August 2005 16:48, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > > > It is strongly recommended to migrate to GCC 3.4 or 4.0, since on= ly > > > > these are still actively maintained upstream and support FreeBSD 7, > > > > for example. > > > > > > There are still plenty of software that require GCC 3.3. This includ= es > > > various game SDK's and level editors out there I'm currently working = on > > > porting to FreeBSD. That is, I'd like to have gcc33 preserved for so= me > > > time. Thanks! > > > > You need to support gcc 3.4 anyway, or you end up with USE_GCC=3D x.y w= hich > > is evil. > > I'm talking about ~200K lines of very 3.3-specific (that is, no strict > standards conformant) C++ code. I've tried converting it to 3.4, but I > stopped after I realized the patch would be just *huge*). A huge patch is nowhere near as bad as build-depending on a huge compiler=20 suite ... (that's assuming your concern really is with the size - I can ver= y=20 well imagine that 'fixing' the code would come close to a rewrite and thus = a=20 fork, which would create problems of a different kind). =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart1480983.1B1Xd1RJzG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBC7jwyXhc68WspdLARAqmdAJ4oDpuVZf+bWxYiResQJbQjsS7pGwCcCbX8 dw0pQQ1T9SYBiFrlcndPFA8= =VlqS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1480983.1B1Xd1RJzG--
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