On the 0x2C2 day of Apache Harmony Tim Ellison wrote: > Egor Pasko wrote: > > To summarize the thread. We have several ideas on how to treat > > libstdc++ diversity on various linux systems: > > > > 1. create both snapshots (libstdc++ 5 and 6 separately) plus a good > > instruction for not-very-geeky users (like me:) on how to check what > > version of libstdc++ you have on your system > > We just declare which distro the snapshot is designed to work on. I > don't think we would expect users to seek out the libstdc++ version.
OK, agreed, that should work well in most cases do I get it right that we should get ICU sources and rebuild them in the distro we are providing snapshots for? > > 2. download libstdc++ and recompile it in our build, link in a way > > whatever is convenient (does it need to tweak gcc afterwards?) > > Please, no. > > > not many ideas. I would appreciate comments and final decisions on this. > > I think we declare the snapshot's intended target, then it becomes a > community issue of whether we have people who are willing to provide a > snapshot configuration on a given disro. > > Regards, > Tim > -- Egor Pasko
