From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 31 19:05:23 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0E071065672 for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:05:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivares14031@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 627D18FC17 for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:05:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm11 with SMTP id 11so2725093fxm.13 for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:05:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=cW36vJiySHYI4HWdQHupjC+/U/n/C6Ai2SY1TSLadP0=; b=Ra5uRO0opweMHb/o1x51UNFst3W0/2jR6wGbqHYhrQxdPcFHM97miRlmIIZ8iydfAg Y8if735XD+LqTBInax8rqQbAmo4XTkGn0mOU4v9Uaevf5t4HU9Vn1KtlbckTe2IQfImA 5yB41dYciJCMuio+VlAyuMvynUKkZF9SZjgWo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=DMvbuUpOuczUdxAbewnvEWvizicIPeSqRWB+zUrLUK3fm3Z002/M5mXknxqBaK340t qO52wzZt2Re9vCLubTZCAflKK93GGCxrG4KzXJnvzNzN2Sbb15fGBIJdOKZurmG0vkWA 8mvmWoxgbmzs/eeDMIGnO8kR+disx0GAKqdzo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.42.89 with SMTP id r25mr1884114fae.89.1301598320713; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:05:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.85.201 with HTTP; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:05:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:05:20 -0500 Message-ID: From: Antonio Olivares To: Gary Dunn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Adam Vande More , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: gcc X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:05:23 -0000 On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Gary Dunn wrote: > Adam Vande More wrote: > >>On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Gary Dunn wrote: >> >>> When will we bump the version of gcc? On my fresh 8.2 build it is >>4.2.1. >>> The ports tree has newer, up to 4.7.0 dated 19 Mar 2011. >>> >> >>Probably never, as GPL 3 code isn't allowed in the base system. > ... > > Can someone point me to an official position statement on this ban on GPL3 code in FreeBSD? Doesn't seem right to me. And please, no GPL flame wars. > -- > Clang/LLVM has an active development base and a clear future http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/current/2010-05/msg00409.html Not official, but this may be of help? http://wiki.freebsd.org/201005ToolchainSummitSummary Hope this helps in some way. Regards, Antonio