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On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
>> I think gcc33 will be there for quite some time, but please note that
>> the gcc33 port fails to work on amd64 and FreeBSD 7.
> I've aware of that.  I still hope, however, that this woudl get fixed in
> some time.  How hard is the problem, BTW?

FreeBSD 7 probably won't be too hard, amd64 is unlikely.

>> Personally, I'd be very hesitant to accept any new port which fails to 
>> work with GCC 3.4 or later.  That's a maintenance nightmare in the making.
> This would of course be highly desirable, but the reality is lots of
> software are nto supported by 3.4.  I tend to blame popular Linnex distros
> that still carry 3.2 and 3.3 versions these days, given that vast
> majority of developers use those as their primary build platforms.  :-(

SUSE builds all of their packages with GCC 4.0 these days, and I've been 
told that Red Hat does the same with Fedora.

Gerald