Re: GCC 3.0 status?
Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> It is an extremely bad thing since it means we loose binary
> compatability with both other Debian releases and all other Linux
> distributions. That is not something I want happen with Debian.
>
> What we need is:
> * be sure that everything actually compiles with g++-3.0. The hppa
> porters are rapidly discovering that is not the case.
> * talk with other distributions and see how they plan to transitition
> * come up with a strategy that ensures we won't suddenly break
> binary compatibility in unexpected ways.
If this does indeed take some time (which sure seems likely), perhaps it
would be a good idea to move the existing gcc-3.0 packages from priority
standard to priority extra in the meantime. As is, they are selected
automatically by dselect, and worse, are being installed as part of all
new installs of woody..
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see shy jo
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