Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 06:26:19 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r49861 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201701150626.v0F6QJiJ097344@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Sun Jan 15 06:26:19 2017 New Revision: 49861 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49861 Log: Add 2016Q4 GCC entry from gerald Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml Sun Jan 15 06:18:38 2017 (r49860) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml Sun Jan 15 06:26:19 2017 (r49861) @@ -1347,4 +1347,67 @@ ports.</task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='ports'> + <title>GCC (GNU Compiler Collection)</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Gerald</given> + <common>Pfeifer</common> + </name> + <email>gerald@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + + <person> + <name> + <given>Andreas</given> + <common>Tobler</common> + </name> + <email>andreast@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + + <person> + <name> + <given>Antoine</given> + <common>Brodin</common> + </name> + <email>antoine@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://gcc.gnu.org">GCC Home Page</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>Long awaited, the update to GCC 4.9 as the default version of + GCC in the Ports Collection (<tt>lang/gcc</tt> port, + <tt>USE_GCC=yes</tt> in Makefiles) has arrived, up from GCC 4.8. + This brings quite a number of improvements, see <a + href="https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.9/changes.html">https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.9/changes.html</a>; + for details.</p> + + <p><tt>lang/gcc49</tt> has moved to the GCC 4.9.4 release which + marks the closure of the GCC 4.9 branch and release series.</p> + + <p>(Yes, this means we should rather get the next version + upgrade for <tt>lang/gcc</tt> in place soon. That update per se + is straightforward, but any help in addressing the fallout of + broken ports would be great — please let us know if you + want to help!)</p> + + <p><tt>lang/gcc6</tt> has been updated first to GCC 6.2 and then + GCC 6.3, bringing a fair number of fixes, and should now be + finely suitable for production use.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task>Update <tt>lang/gcc</tt> (and hence <tt>USE_GCC=yes</tt>) + to GCC 5.</task> + + <task>Support for AArch64.</task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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