From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 1 02:38:40 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 002AA10656F3 for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2009 02:38:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from giffunip@tutopia.com) Received: from web32708.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web32708.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.207.252]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9676E8FC1A for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2009 02:38:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from giffunip@tutopia.com) Received: (qmail 86399 invoked by uid 60001); 1 Feb 2009 02:38:39 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: xMc0cpwVM1n0urkFX_3yNB2UMh1kn07oqR2rnb7Az2W2ljwHLg3TNXYN2u7ziLJK2zTNom3amABoZ4aG3RlnFgei56Lxn8pikxnAfQHQIbVhgWsAPGCoE4Zce9A7MTCyIF4G49ft3y3slkRgBwJilGRjrIYo.wIDce9I9dBbsLOOYBBYyhiOvXLmP0bVouZR0UWMPn4PKGmSf7hTGB.sKix1GTlIWn4- Received: from [190.157.124.207] by web32708.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:38:39 PST X-RocketYMMF: giffunip X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.260.1 Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:38:39 -0800 (PST) From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" To: Mark Linimon , bf2006a@yahoo.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <52572.84275.qm@web32708.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:04:26 +0000 Cc: Sean Cavanaugh , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it becomestandard compiler?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: giffunip@tutopia.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:38:40 -0000 --- On Sat, 1/31/09, bf wrote: From: bf Subject: Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it becomestandard compiler?) To: "Mark Linimon" , giffunip@tutopia.com Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, "Sean Cavanaugh" Date: Saturday, January 31, 2009, 9:21 PM --- On Sat, 1/31/09, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: ... > Let us assume that you are correct. If no one else saw much value > in doing it, and you don't think it's worth the effort, then what > _are_ you complaining about? Exactly :). I do see a value in removing GNU readline though. > Well, gcc certainly isn't ideal. But the improvements are real, even > if there may be some regressions, too. And the effort involved in > porting gcc 4.3.x may well be less than that required to enable pcc to > compile the base on all platforms, let alone most of the third-party > software. And it can live happily in the ports tree. BTW, I hope one of these "real" improvements include building again on PowerPC soon because in the mean time it's simply not an option. Pedro.