Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 19:18:43 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Joe Kelsey <joe@zircon.seattle.wa.us> Cc: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gcc3.x issues Message-ID: <20020207031843.A6C153BAC@overcee.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <15457.56475.172650.789685@zircon.zircon.seattle.wa.us>
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Joe Kelsey wrote:
> David O'Brien writes:
> > 3. Are you going to maintain them? If we did do this work and allowed
> > people to optinally install gjc and Ada, I bet only 5% would do so
> > (other than the initial turning it on just to see what the compilers
> > looked like).
>
> What is so hard about allowing someone to specify the list of frontends
> to provide at system build time? I thought that gcc was supposed to be
> a modular compiler system, and that all we are asking for is the ability
> to add to the default front ends, along with the default support
> libraries, in the default places.
1: Are you going to provide the Makefile glue to do this? If not, then
shut the hell up.
2: We need to get a *basic* compiler up and running first. Give David
a break, ok? There are far bigger problems to deal with first before
futzing around on obscure languages that we have no critical need for
in the base system. We ***NEED*** the ability to compile basic C code
for the sparc64, ia64 and x86-64 platforms. Until that is dealt with,
the rest is a luxury.
3: Once we have the basics running, *then* maybe we can talk about compile
knobs.
Cheers,
-Peter
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