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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--nextPart16278145.gL1CocQq3Z Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" 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 --nextPart16278145.gL1CocQq3Z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.21 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAlJ2WroACgkQUaaFgP9pFrL66wCdG6hCsgW14HoXXVYsReN7Yshr uBwAn3FrmeGta8saNc91Q12/h6I2pEMW =KKqQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart16278145.gL1CocQq3Z--
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