From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 25 13:53:45 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 397F616A4CE; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:53:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.208.78.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AD9D43D1D; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:53:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) j3PDrfJ1001991; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 06:53:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost)j3PDrf8t001990; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 06:53:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk) Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 06:53:41 -0700 From: Steve Kargl To: Scott Long Message-ID: <20050425135341.GA1965@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <3822.216.177.243.38.1114385370.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> <20050425000459.GA28667@xor.obsecurity.org> <6.2.1.2.0.20050424204611.072105a0@64.7.153.2> <20050425010242.GA44110@xor.obsecurity.org> <6.2.1.2.0.20050424210422.03d22990@64.7.153.2> <20050425014453.GA59981@xor.obsecurity.org> <426C6B1D.3040704@elischer.org> <20050425061459.GA33247@xor.obsecurity.org> <20050425062106.GB91852@voodoo.oberon.net> <426CF3DE.4000409@samsco.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <426CF3DE.4000409@samsco.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: current@freebsd.org cc: Mike Tancsa cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: Julian Elischer cc: Kirill Ponomarew cc: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6 is coming too fast X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:53:45 -0000 On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 07:42:54AM -0600, Scott Long wrote: > Kirill Ponomarew wrote: > > > >According to gcc-4.0 release notes, compilation speed for C++ was > >dramatically increased, up to 25% IIRC. I think 4.0 is good > >candidate for merging into HEAD. > > > > Is this work that you plan on doing for us? What about the deprecated > language constructs in 4.0? What about the lack of exposure that it's > had outside of the FSF and Apple development circles? > I build gcc-4.x almost daily on i386 and amd64 FreeBSD systems. I would recommend a conservative approach of not updating at this time. -- Steve