Re: egcs (New GCC)
On Sat, 16 Aug 1997, Bruce Perens wrote:
> From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
> > Someone should really package this, but I wonder if two versions of GCC
> > will cause alot of trouble?
>
> If these guys can make a go of it, we should go to their version.
> The problem is that nobody has been able to get changes into "gcc"
> unless they work for Cygnus. This has gone on for 5 or 6 years now.
I just dl'ed their 1st snapshot, and read the Changelogs since the last
official FSF release. A _lot_ of interesting changes and features have
been added, and it's IMHO really worth including it in Debian.
Packaging one more gcc in Debian shouldn't be a problem, until recently we
add gcc, aout-gcc and gcc-altdev (and now pgcc in experimental), so adding
one more is probably not a problem, as long as it Provides:, Conflicts:
with the other packages correctly.
NB: Unless Galen want to do it, I volunteer to package it.
Cordialement,
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