Dne 05. 06. 20 v 9:52 Kevin Kofler napsal(a): > Ben Cotton wrote: >> == Summary == >> Fedora has historically forced packages to build with GCC unless the >> upstream project for the package only supported Clang/LLVM. This >> change proposal replaces that policy with one where compiler selection >> for Fedora follows the package's upstream preferences. >> >> == Owner == >> * Name: Jeff Law >> * Email: l...@redhat.com > I am opposed to this change. Chromium and Firefox build fine with GCC. I > think that a distribution should be built with a consistent toolchain > wherever possible. > > Last I checked, there were several reasons why GCC is preferred over > Clang/LLVM in Fedora. And if that should ever change (or have changed > already), then switching the systemwide default (reversing the rules, i.e., > using GCC only for those packages that do not build with Clang) should be > envisioned. But as far as I know, that is not the case at this time, > considering runtime performance, security features, etc. > > I do not see why we should allow yet another special case for Firefox, nor > why we should let random packages make their own choice of compiler and risk > running into hidden binary incompatibilities. We have a system compiler for > a reason.
Just FTR, there are technical (and security) reasons why we might consider switching Ruby from GCC to Clang in the future: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1721553 Vít > Kevin Kofler > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
