Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 19:10:23 +0100 From: David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: amd64@FreeBSD.org, toolchain@FreeBSD.org, Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org>, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@felyko.com> Subject: Re: [CFT] gcc: support for barcelona Message-ID: <3C29AD82-077D-4E6B-94C7-5D069A130348@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <521EEFA1-E116-41F5-B618-238E7AA092A8@bsdimp.com> References: <51A38CBD.6000702@FreeBSD.org> <E9DC99EF-F2E9-4A5F-8370-36DA25DE2C89@felyko.com> <51A3B8AB.5080808@FreeBSD.org> <521EEFA1-E116-41F5-B618-238E7AA092A8@bsdimp.com>
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On 28 May 2013, at 18:40, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > That's not going to happen soon. While it works OK for amd64, there's = still many bugs in its ARM support and even more in its MIPS support. = There's 0 chance it will be gone in 10... I disagree. There is a significant chance that gcc in base will be gone = for all Tier 1 platforms in 10.0. There are still some reasons to want = gcc installed, but there are no compelling reasons to want an ancient = version of gcc installed on x86[-64] or ARM. For people who need gcc, = the ports collection provides a selection of recent versions. David
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