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Date:      Sat, 28 Jun 2014 00:10:08 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>
To:        John Marino <marino@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r359090 - head/lang/gcc47
Message-ID:  <alpine.LSU.2.11.1406272352330.30120@tuna.site>
In-Reply-To: <53A991D8.1040403@marino.st>
References:  <201406241448.s5OEmqQ9057556@svn.freebsd.org> <53A991D8.1040403@marino.st>

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On Tue, 24 Jun 2014, John Marino wrote:
>> [snip]
>>   Also, since this is now final and stable, no longer bootstrap this port.
> I'm not following the "don't bootstrap anymore" logic here.
> 
> This implies that one bootstraps due to active development, which is 
> not what I would claim.
> 
> I would say unless GCC 4.7.x or later is building this gcc 4.7 port,
> then bootstrapping by default is a good idea.  And it seems that gcc
> 4.2.1 or clang 3.x is what builds this port by default.

Bootstrapping (or not) always is a tradeoff.

To provide faster builds for users of the default lang/gcc and
older branches, which should be rather stable, I am defaulting
those to not bootstrap.  This is based on feedback I received
over the years in favor of faster build times.  

Users can always opt to enable that option if they desire so, 
of course.

Gerald



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