On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 12:06:16PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > * "Martin v. Löwis" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030622 11:50]: > > problem here (C++ ABI compatibility with other Linux distributions). The > > discussion is now about *how* to fix this bug: > > 1. just bump minimum supported i386-family processor to i486 > 1a. like 1, but just for c++-packages.
1b. Ban C++ and rewrite everything in C, and rejoice over the fact the we are rid of the horrid kludge that is C++. (No, I do not expect this to happen, and I do indeed expect flames for this... I've donned the asbestos suite...) > > 2. like 1, but bump to some other processor. this is not strictly needed > > to fix the bug, but it might be a good idea for other reasons. > > Dropping other architectures to fix this bug is probably not a good > > idea, as it won't fix the bug. > > 3. bump the supported processor, and rename the port > > 4. like 3, and also add an i386 distribution which does not support > > C++ at all > > 5. like 4, but support C++ in a way incompatible with other Linux > > distributions in the i386 distribution. /David -- /) David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /) Northern lights wander (\ // Maintainer of the v2.0 kernel // Dance across the winter sky // \) http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/ (/ Full colour fire (/