Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:27:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@freebsd.org> To: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org> Cc: "toolchain@freebsd.org" <toolchain@freebsd.org>, "current@freebsd.org" <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Clang as default compiler November 4th Message-ID: <1347380827.22767.YahooMailNeo@web113519.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20120911122122.GJ37286@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> References: <20120910211207.GC64920@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <20120911104518.GF37286@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <20120911120649.GA52235@freebsd.org> <20120911122122.GJ37286@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
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Hello;=0A=A0=0AJust my $0.02.=0A=A0=0A----- Original Message -----=0A=A0...= =0A> Can you, please, read what I wrote ? Fixing _ports_ to compile with=0A= > clang is plain wrong. Upstream developers use gcc almost always for=0A> d= evelopment and testing. Establishing another constant cost on the=0A> porti= ng work puts burden on the ports submitters, maintainers and even=0A> ports= users.=0A> =0A> I do strongly oppose the attempt to drain the freebsd reso= urces by=0A> forcing porters to port third-party code to other compiler.=0A= > =0A=0AI can only speak for Apache OpenOffice but since Apple did the swit= ch=0Aalready we are feeling a growing pressure to port OpenOffice to clang.= =0A=0AFor the time being we need gcc but we would really prefer something= =0Amore up to date than gcc 4.2.1 + fixes. In other words, yes making=0Acla= ng the default may sound drastic but I am OK with killing base=0Agcc and if= clang is what is left I can live with it.=0A=0APedro.
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