Hello Stephan! > On Jan 24, 2023, at 1:43 PM, Stephan Bergmann <sberg...@redhat.com> wrote: > > On 10/01/2023 17:31, Stephan Bergmann wrote: >> There are currently 27 different, per-platform C++ UNO bridge >> implementations at bridges/source/cpp_uno/, some of which are presumably >> dead by now. And my recent >> <https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/ef533553559fe09b4afab651fc692885d1acf4ed%5E!/> >> "Rudimentary support for dynamic_cast on UNO proxy objects" (which had to >> touch each of them individually) was the latest example how even presumably >> dead ones have ongoing maintenance cost. Therefore, I would like to remove >> (on master, towards LO 7.6) the ones that can clearly be identified as being >> dead. >> Below, I sorted those 27 implementations into 5 categories: Ideally, each >> active implementation would be built regularly by Jenkins; those 9 that are >> go into category 1. Next, there are 2 additional implementations that I >> know are built for Fedora releases; they go into category 2. Next, there >> are 2 additional implementations that I presume are built for Debian >> releases (Rene, correct me if I'm wrong); they go into category 3. And then >> there are 3 implementations that are presumably in active use elsewhere >> (Tor, wjh-la, Sakura286, correct me if I'm wrong); which go into category 4. >> That leaves 11 implementations that are presumably dead, in category 5. >> So if you know about any active use of any of those 11 implementations in >> category 5 below, please report back here. Otherwise, the plan (to be >> discussed in the ESC) is to eventually remove them in due course. > [...] >> (5) Presumably dead: >> * gcc3_aix_powerpc >> * gcc3_linux_alpha >> * gcc3_linux_hppa >> * gcc3_linux_ia64 >> * gcc3_linux_m68k >> * gcc3_linux_powerpc >> * gcc3_linux_s390 >> * gcc3_linux_sparc >> * gcc3_linux_sparc64 >> * gcc3_solaris_intel >> * gcc3_solaris_sparc > > With the various responses to this mailing list thread, that list of > presumably dead bridge implementations is down to four now: gcc3_aix_powerpc, > gcc3_linux_s390, gcc3_solaris_intel, and gcc3_solaris_sparc. > > I have prepared three sets of Gerrit changes (see below) to remove those four > bridge implementations and, in some cases, complete platform support, and > plan to submit those on LO master towards LO 7.6 after a final round of > discussions in Thursday's ESC meeting. > > * <https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/146057> and > <https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/help/+/146063> "Remove support for AIX": > >> As discussed in the mailing list thread starting at >> <https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice/2023-January/089808.html> >> "Plan to remove dead C++ UNO bridge implementations >> (bridges/source/cpp_uno/*)", >> the bridge implementation at bridges/source/cpp_uno/gcc3_aix_powerpc is >> apparently dead and should thus be removed. However, that was the only >> bridge >> implementation for AIX, which implies that support for the AIX platform as a >> whole is dead and should thus be removed. > > * <https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/146058> "Remove support for 32-bit > S390": > >> As discussed in the mailing list thread starting at >> <https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice/2023-January/089808.html> >> "Plan to remove dead C++ UNO bridge implementations >> (bridges/source/cpp_uno/*)", >> the bridge implementation at bridges/source/cpp_uno/gcc3_linux_s390 is >> apparently dead and should thus be removed. However, that was the only >> bridge >> implementation for 32-bit S390, which implies that support for the 32-bit >> S390 >> architecture as a whole is dead and should thus be removed. > > * <https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/146059> "Remove Solaris 32-bit > SPARC and x86 C++ UNO bridge implementations": > >> Those were the only bridge implementations for Solaris, but the >> referenced thread mentions that there are recent builds for OpenIndiana >> x86-64 >> (however they are done; presumably using >> bridges/source/cpp_uno/gcc3_linux_x86-64), so keep general support for >> Solaris >> intact for now.
Huh? You can use Linux Uno support to build LibreOffice for Solaris x86_64? Did any of the Illumos developers chime in to confirm that? Adrian
