Re: gcc-3.4 ready?
On 04-Aug-11 09:42, Andreas Kn?pfer wrote:
> hi everybody,
>
> there has been some posts here a while ago saying that the /gcc-3.4 repository
> is not yet ready, missing packages etc...
>
> now, i'm wondering if it is ready for regular use. is it regarded as stable as
> the /pure64 version?
>
> i'd like to convert my workstation to the gcc-3.4 branch if you suggest so.
> i've been very happy with i386/unstable for years and don't care about minor
> problems from time to time.
>
> it is much more important which branch (pure64 or gcc-3.4) will be more
> up-to-date in the long run. am i right to assume that /pure64 will be
> deprecated eventually in favour of /gcc-3.4?
There has not been any decision whether the pure64/gcc-3.3 archive will
be dropped in favor the the amd64/gcc-3.4 archive. There are some 300
packages more available in the pure64/gcc-3.3 archive than in the
amd64/gcc-3.4 amd64/gcc-3.4 at the moment (~8300 vs. ~8000 packages).
I think that the amd64/gcc-3.4 archive will catch up in the next two
weeks so that nearly the same number of packages will be available
in both archives. However, the amd64/gcc-3.4 archive will still need a
few extra gcc-3.4 related fixes compared to the official sid/sarge
distribution. These are mostly minor one-line C/C++ standards compliance
fixes, but patches to the official packages will be necessary
nevertheless for these issues.
As for stability, I am using the packages from the amd64/gcc-3.4 archive
myself on three machines (on my main desktop and on two servers) since a
few weeks without any problems. From my own experience I would say
that the stability is almost the same as for i386/unstable.
Regards
Andreas Jochens
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