Re: gcc-3.4 to unstable for amd64?
Putting gcc-3.4 in there itself is not a big deal. Updating gcc such
that "gcc", "g++", and friends call version 3.4 is a little different,
especially for C++. We also can't necessarily call it good, since some
packages may be hardcoded for specific versions of gcc.
-- John
On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 04:17:58PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Kurt Roeckx (Q@ping.be) wrote:
> > I've uploaded a new version of gcc-3.4 to alioth. It's currently
> > still in experimental.
> >
> > Since gcc 3.4 includes much better support for amd64 than 3.3 we
> > would like to see it go to unstable. Some people would like to
> > see it in unstable on alioth even if it's not yet put in
> > unstable.
> >
> > What is stopping us from putting it in unstable?
> >
> > Should I upload it to unstable on alioth?
>
> As I understand it, from the amd64 side we really don't want to get
> ahead of unstable because it makes things much more difficult later to
> get things into the archive if we actually get space on the mirrors...
> I'm not 100% sure though, John Goerzen knows more about that.
>
> Stephen
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