Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 10:55:08 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: asmodai@wxs.nl, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /sys/boot, egcs vs. gcc, -Os Message-ID: <286.923561708@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Apr 1999 17:49:04 PDT." <199904080049.RAA76863@vashon.polstra.com>
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In message <199904080049.RAA76863@vashon.polstra.com>, John Polstra writes: >In article <XFMail.990407210734.asmodai@wxs.nl>, Jeroen >Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> wrote: > >> This raises an interesting point I think. Do we need to maintain >> gcc/egcs compatibility? Or do we, since we track CURRENT, say: >> "alas, that's progression for ye?" > >Yep, alas, that's progression for ye. We have never supported mix >& match of sourceballs from different releases. We do our best >to support running old executables on newer systems, but that's a >completely different issue. > >> Has there been an `official' consensus reached about this from core or >> commiters? > >I am only speaking for John Polstra, a compiler guy, here. I agree. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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