Bug#728388: ITP: gcc-arm-none-eabi -- GCC cross compiler for ARM Cortex-A/R/M processors

[Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>]

Am 31.10.2013 16:32, schrieb Agustin Henze:
> Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Agustin Henze <tin@debian.org> 
> X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian-cross@lists.debian.org
> 
> Package name: gcc-arm-none-eabi Version: ARM/embedded-4_7-branch revision
> 202601 http://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/branches/ARM/embedded-4_7-branch/
> (4.7-2013q3) Upstream Author: ARM employees URL:
> https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded License: Simplified BSD Licence,
> GPLv2, GPLv3, LGPLv2.1, LGPLv3, MIT/X/Expat Licence and others Description:
> GCC cross compiler for ARM Cortex-A/R/M processors
> 
> GCC cross compiler for embedded ARM chips using Cortex-M0/M0+/M3/M4, 
> Cortex-R4/R5/R7 and Cortex-A* processors. It supports C and C++. This
> toolchain is released with two prebuilt C libraries based on newlib: * one
> is the standard newlib and the other is * newlib-nano for code size. This
> toolchain is built and optimized for Cortex-A/R/M bare metal development.

I don't think this is a good idea to package this toolchain another time.
Please contact Keith Packard who is doing the same thing, but based on GCC
4.8.  Why using GCC 4.7 as a base when even the launchpad projects states that
the main focus of development is 4.8?

  Matthias