Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 13:40:16 -0400 From: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Gcc 4.2.1 to be removed before FreeBSD 13, a firm timeline Message-ID: <CAPyFy2C=3NLz8Gwinf06oxsgDvVEHVChd24QVXg-iAf8DeaBBQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfrZ-C37c7Eso7NrtMG5_kv3T9qO3c3k8xcgEeTCrY3nQg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANCZdfrZ-C37c7Eso7NrtMG5_kv3T9qO3c3k8xcgEeTCrY3nQg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 at 12:00, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > > Greetings, > > As promised for almost the past decade or so, gcc 4.2.1 will be removed > from the tree before FreeBSD 13 is branched. > > I propose the following timeline for its removal: > > 2019-08-31: disconnect gcc 4.2.1 from CI build > > Turn off -Werror on gcc 4.2.1 platforms > > Turn off all gcc 4.2.1 from universe by default (can be turned on) I paid most attention to the later dates in the original email (end of year and end of next March) and was caught a bit off guard by this when it was recently mentioned on IRC. Thus I wanted to refresh this topic on the list, and remind everyone that this is imminent - soon a default `make universe` without external toolchain will not include GCC 4.2.1 archs (mips, powerpc, sparc64). Warner's patch is in progress in review D21942.
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