Bug#431014: Why won't you ship /usr/bin/gcc-snapshot?

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

found 431014 gcc-snapshot/20111210-1
tags 431014 + wontfix
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Hi Adam,

Adam Borowski wrote:

> I see no reason why it couldn't simply be shipped in the package
> outright.  It's not like it invades anyone's namespace, etc.  It would be
> also consistent with all other gcc packages, all having the executable named
> the same as the package.  At least after having tested my stuff with gcc-4.2
> in the past, I didn't even suspect gcc-snapshot could be any different until
> ./configure failed :p

I suspect it's to save people from the pain of using the snapshot to build
Debian packages on autobuilders when wanting to use a new feature or
after running into a bug with one of the released gcc versions.

Tagging wontfix to reflect the de facto status.

Thanks for writing,
Jonathan