Re: m68k not a release arch for etch; status in testing, future plans?
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On 09/22/06 07:53, Michael Schmitz wrote:
>> gcc-4.0 was extremly brittle and should never has been made the default
>> compiler in sid. It was not working correctly on i386 let alone on
>> others platforms. I don't remember a similar issue with any other sid
>> compiler. I spent more working around compiler issues than I ever had
>> to.
>>
>> I am quite glad we moved to gcc-4.1, but gcc-4.0 was a total waste of
>> time and certainly contributed for a great part for the current state
>> of m68k. Given the porter team are not responsible for the choice of
>> tool chains version for their architecture, they should not have to bear
>> the consequences.
>>
>> So I urge you to give Debian/m68k a fair chance.
>
> Having been insured that all this is about policy not attitude, I'd say we
> have had our chance, m68k users should instead look at Debian for netbsd
> instead.
>
> Seriously, "we cannot afford to help you anymore" shows not only is gcc
> brittle but so is the whole project.
Regarding the project: either it's brittle, or it's just growing and
growing. Now that big projects like X & GNOME release on a rapid
schedule, and the kernel has many point releases, is the workload
just increasing?
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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