Re: GCC 3.0 status?
On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 08:37:37AM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
> you are right in that changing the default g++ for woody would break
> the ABI. However the existing gcc-3.0 (pre-release) packages in
> testing should be removed or upgraded to the final gcc-3.0 release
> ASAP.
>
That was my point. About breaking the ABI, yes it may break the ABI
but this is not a bad thing when every library is updated. The main
problem is:
1. How many C++ libraries are there?
2. How many of them would break under g++-3.0?
3. Can we update all C++ programs to g++-3.0?
My impression is that most up-to-date C++ libraries will compile
with g++-3.0 which is the way it should be. Older C++ libraries
may fail. All C++ packages should be updated to g++-3.0 sooner
or later, thus the decision to make is when that should be done.
The transition would be much easier if there were a consensus
among developers.
Thanks,
--
Eray Ozkural (exa) <erayo@cs.bilkent.edu.tr>,
Comp. Sci. Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara
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