Re: gcc-3.0 snapshot...
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 11:45:05PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
> Ben Collins writes:
> > On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 01:10:30PM -0500, Gordon Sadler wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 12:43:16PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> > > > For the first time I was able to compile the gcc-3.0 CVS and build glibc
> > > > 2.2.3pre1 with it on sparc-linux. Even more so, there were no errors
> > > > from the glibc make check, and the library installed without any
> > > > problems.
>
> see the thread about gcc bootstraps in March:
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2001-03/msg01319.html
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2001-04/msg00036.html
Not responding right now, but I'll take a look at it.
> > > > What I want to do is upload the current snapshot I have (since I know it
> > > > to be working) into unstable. Hppa and ia64 require gcc-3.0, and I want
> > > > to also get started on a libc6-64 for ultrasparc.
>
> Seems to be the right time. In
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2001-04/msg00121.html Mark Mitchell asks for
> more testing:
>
> "If people would begin building commonly used programs (XWindows,
> Emacs, etc.) with the GCC 3.0 branch and reporting any problems,
> that would be great. I will set up a more formal mechanism for that
> shortly."
>
> Note that at least on ia64 the ABI for exception handling will
> change. Not sure about the other architectures.
I'll warn Bdale.
> > > > Any objections, comments or other patches anyone wants to include?
>
> gcc-version.dpatch from 2.95 should be included (include 'Debian' in
> version string).
Adding it now.
> > > As a daily user/upgrader on unstable, I enjoy being a guinea pig -), I
> > > would hope that you get feedback from the gcc maintainer(M. Klose?) at a
> > > minimum, before uploading gcc-3.0 to unstable.
> >
> > Matthias has already turned over gcc-3.0 maintainence to a group of
> > about 9 of us, all on this list, which is why I posted here (which
> > includes Matthias). Matthias remains maintainer of gcc-2.95, solely.
>
> Perhaps we should document this group in the README or in a
> README.maintainers.
I'll grab the list of original ones and put it in the README.
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