From owner-cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 1 15:14:02 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: cvs-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAD5E16A41F; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 15:14:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lofi@freebsd.org) Received: from mail-in-09.arcor-online.net (mail-in-09.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.49]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01A0543D4C; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 15:14:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lofi@freebsd.org) Received: from mail-in-01-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-01-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.13]) by mail-in-09.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A27FE4457A; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 17:14:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-in-04.arcor-online.net (mail-in-04.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.44]) by mail-in-01-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E12B42F2A; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 17:14:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from lofi.dyndns.org (dsl-213-023-197-011.arcor-ip.net [213.23.197.11]) by mail-in-04.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 819892F7FB; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 17:13:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kiste.my.domain (lofi@kiste.my.domain [192.168.8.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by lofi.dyndns.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j71FDtr9046447 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 1 Aug 2005 17:13:56 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lofi@freebsd.org) From: Michael Nottebrock To: Alexey Dokuchaev Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 17:13:52 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <200507311334.j6VDYZcb071651@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050801142546.GB71555@samodelkin.net> <20050801144834.GA86732@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20050801144834.GA86732@FreeBSD.org> X-Face: =Ym$`&q\+S2X$4`X%x%6"L4>Y,$]<":'L%c9"#7#`2tb&E&wsN31on!N\)3BD[g<=?utf-8?q?=2EjnfV=5B=0A=093=23?=>XchLK,o; >bD>c:]^; :>0>vyZ.X[,63GW`&M>}nYnr]-Fp``,[[@lJ!QL|sfW!s)=?utf-8?q?A2!*=0A=09vNkB/=7CL-?=>&QdSbQg X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Cc: cvs-ports@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, Gerald Pfeifer , cvs-all@freebsd.org, Max Khon Subject: Re: cvs commit: CVSROOT modules ports MOVED ports/lang Makefile ports/lang/gcc31 Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/lang/gcc31/files patch-ad patch-af patch-ai patch-ar patch-fa patch-fb patch-fc patch-va X-BeenThere: cvs-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the ports tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 15:14:03 -0000 --nextPart1480983.1B1Xd1RJzG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Monday, 1. August 2005 16:48, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > > > It is strongly recommended to migrate to GCC 3.4 or 4.0, since on= ly > > > > these are still actively maintained upstream and support FreeBSD 7, > > > > for example. > > > > > > There are still plenty of software that require GCC 3.3. This includ= es > > > various game SDK's and level editors out there I'm currently working = on > > > porting to FreeBSD. That is, I'd like to have gcc33 preserved for so= me > > > time. Thanks! > > > > You need to support gcc 3.4 anyway, or you end up with USE_GCC=3D x.y w= hich > > is evil. > > I'm talking about ~200K lines of very 3.3-specific (that is, no strict > standards conformant) C++ code. I've tried converting it to 3.4, but I > stopped after I realized the patch would be just *huge*). A huge patch is nowhere near as bad as build-depending on a huge compiler=20 suite ... (that's assuming your concern really is with the size - I can ver= y=20 well imagine that 'fixing' the code would come close to a rewrite and thus = a=20 fork, which would create problems of a different kind). =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart1480983.1B1Xd1RJzG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBC7jwyXhc68WspdLARAqmdAJ4oDpuVZf+bWxYiResQJbQjsS7pGwCcCbX8 dw0pQQ1T9SYBiFrlcndPFA8= =VlqS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1480983.1B1Xd1RJzG--