Re: C++ ABI change for etch -- freeze unstable for all C++ libs with changed or new sonames
Adrian Bunk writes:
> On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 01:25:28PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
> >...
> > - freeze unstable for uploads of library packages with new ABI
> > versions. If a new soname is introduced now, it has to be changed a
> > few weeks later again. Packages depending on these libraries
> > would need to be uploaded twice as well.
> >...
> > The time frame of the C++ ABI changed is not yet fixed. We will
> > certainly need some time to get the toolchain in shape to start the
> > transition. In the meantime you can check the new compilers in
> > unstable (g++-3.4) and in experimental (g++-4.0), the new binutils in
> > experimental (2.16), and the new glibc in experimental (2.3.5).
>
> Doesn't this cause the same issue as with sarge where the transition was
> too early and could have been to a more recent gcc version if done
> later?
which issue?
> It's not unlikely that gcc 4.1 will be released in 2005.
>
> The C++ ABI might change again in gcc 4.1 .
the world might become flat again.
> If the C++ transition was half a year from now to gcc 4.1, it was still
> 6-12 months before the date your release team plans to release etch.
If it's 6 month before the release, it's definitely too late.
Matthias
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