On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Collins Richey wrote: > This is one reason I prefer the gentoo model - incremental releases (that > usually aren't too painful) over a long period. Unlike the RH approach, gentoo > doesn't mark a new compiler release as stable for common use until most all > packages work with the new compiler.
I assume you're referring to the gcc-2.96 debacle with RH-7.0. That's ancient history, especially seeing as how gentoo didn't even exist at the time. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
