On Thu, 11 May 2023, 07:11 Eli Zaretskii via Gcc, <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:

> > Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 23:14:20 -0400
> > From: Eli Schwartz via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
> >
> > Second of all, why is this GCC's problem? You are not a user of GCC,
> > apparently.
>
> He is telling you that removing support for these old features, you
> draw users away from GCC and towards proprietary compilers.
>


Nobody is removing support for them though.



> One of the arguments in this thread _for_ dropping that support was
> that by not rejecting those old programs, GCC draws some users away
> from GCC.  He is telling you that this change will, perhaps, draw some
> people to GCC, but will draw others away from GCC.  The difference is
> that the former group will start using Clang, which is still free
> software (at least some of its versions), whereas the latter group has
> nowhere to go but to proprietary compilers.  So the FOSS community
> will have suffered a net loss.  Something to consider, I think.
>

Yes, because switching to a different compiler is much easier and less
disruptive than [checks notes] adding some additional options to a makefile.

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