Re: gcc 4.1 or not

[Jurij Smakov <jurij@wooyd.org>]

On Wed, 10 May 2006, Andreas Barth wrote:

> Hi,
>
> there were some requests, e.g. by Martin Michlmayr to the release team
> whether we could switch gcc to 4.1 or not for etch.  As we're heading to
> freeze etch rather soon and also the RC bug count doesn't look too good,
> and we want to be on time this time :), we think the switch to gcc 4.1
> as default should only be made if not more than 20 packages become RC
> buggy by it.  Also, the switch should happen latest 1.5 months prior to
> freeze, that is Jun 15th.
>
> The RC bug NMU policy also applies to such bugs, but please be
> aware: Do not upload package until you make sure you don't break
> anything. Please check also that you're not just disturbing a transition
> (e.g. don't NMU packages in sid the day before they go to testing :).

I didn't hit this problem myself yet, but it has been mentioned on 
sparclinux list that 4.1 currently miscompiles the sparc kernel. It's, of 
course, not such a big deal, if 4.0 will still be present as a 
non-default.

Best regards,

Jurij Smakov                                        jurij@wooyd.org
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