On Aug 23, 2013, at 5:16 AM, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > 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; No. That breaks non x86 architecutres. gcc must remain in base for now, or there's no bootstrap ability. Nobody has done the lifting to cleanly integrate gcc as a port into buildworld, althogh Brooks' work gets us most of the way there. WarnerReceived on Fri Aug 23 2013 - 11:52:21 UTC
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