I sent this to the debian-ia64 list recently and received no input. Given the apparent lack of concern about making such a change, I'd like to inquire on this list whether such a change would be technically and politically feasible pre-woody.
Matthias, I understand that your input is particularly crucial in this matter. Any thoughts? ------- Forwarded Message From: "John R. Daily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-ia64@lists.debian.org Subject: g77-3.0 vs. -2.96 Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 16:42:48 -0500 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] During the porting process, I have come across at least two packages, one of them significant, that caused internal compiler errors with g77-2.96. One was lapack-dev, the other is r-base, which I'm still working on. Both compile fine with g77-3.0. Since the motivation for using 2.96 instead of 3.0 pertains more to C and C++, and since bug fixes for 2.96 are going to be difficult to come by, what would people think about changing the default to 3.0 for g77 on ia64? - -- John R. Daily Progeny Linux Systems Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Master of the ephemeral epiphany ------- End of Forwarded Message