Re: GCC 3.2 standard?

[Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>]

Nathanael Nerode writes:
> Matthias Klose wrote:
> >we need to make g++-3.2 the standard C++ compiler at the same time, or
> >else we get problems linking binaries with g++, where some C modules
> >are built with gcc-3.2. We are currently working on a transition plan.
> 
> Hmm.  Care to share what that transition plan looks like so far?

http://people.debian.org/~rmurray/

> The brute force transition plan is "Mass rebuild of everything depending 
> on libstdc++ or build-depending on g++, force all into sid at once; mass 
> rebuild of everything depending on libstdc++ in testing, get permission 
> to force it all directly into testing".  (The point being that if 
> g++ gets into testing before the things which depend on it those things 
> are screwed.)
> 
> Maybe y'all have a cleverer plan?

we need to change package names, so that we avoid moving broken
packages into testing and allowing partial upgrades of packages.