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Re: C++ ABI change for etch -- freeze unstable for all C++ libs with changed or new sonames



Bill Allombert wrote:

>On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 01:25:28PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
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>>The time frame of the C++ ABI changed is not yet fixed.  We will
>>certainly need some time to get the toolchain in shape to start the
>>transition.  In the meantime you can check the new compilers in
>>unstable (g++-3.4) and in experimental (g++-4.0), the new binutils in
>>experimental (2.16), and the new glibc in experimental (2.3.5).
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>What is proposed as the default C compiler for etch ? gcc-3.4 or
>gcc-4.0 ?
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>

By the time Etch rolls out it could be 2007 (at least early part
thereof) so it will most likely be gcc-4.x. Remember that Woody had gcc
2.95 and Sarge is with gcc 3.3.5.

- Adam



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