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Date:      Sun, 03 Nov 2013 16:16:23 +0300
From:      David Naylor <naylor.b.david@gmail.com>
To:        Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>
Cc:        svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, Thierry Thomas <thierry@freebsd.org>, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r332557 - head/lang/gcc
Message-ID:  <12931610.t88EYPI6ck@dragon.dg>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1311031456490.3029@tuna.site>
References:  <201311022320.rA2NKEcg089316@svn.freebsd.org> <20131103110034.GA80884@graf.pompo.net> <alpine.LNX.2.00.1311031456490.3029@tuna.site>

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On Sunday, 3 November 2013 14:59:20 Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Nov 2013, Thierry Thomas wrote:
> >>   Update to GCC 4.6.4 which, among others, addresses document building
> >>   with new versions of texinfo. [1]
> > 
> > Do we still need lang/gcc and lang/gcc46?
> 
> Yes, since lang/gcc is the canonical version that should be used
> (and is pulled in by USE_GCC=yes, for example).  At that point
> lang/gcc46 will be the final release of GCC 4.6, lang/gcc47
> will track GCC 4.7 and lang/gcc will track GCC 4.7 releases.

Hi

Could you please explain why lang/gcc is not a meta-port tracking lang/gccXY 
as appropriate?  It sounds to me lang/gcc is more "stable" than lang/gccXY 
where lang/gccXY may track the tip of the branch?  

Regards
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