On Wednesday 06 June 2001 19:41, Irwan Hadi wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 01:54:27PM -0600, bart deglorie wrote:
> > 8.0 is buggy enough to brin,g out a 8.1 , i'm using redhat 7.1 now b'cose
> > half of the lm 8.0 included stuff doesnt work properly or doesn't work at
> > all.
>
> Is that happened because Mandrake 8.0 use gcc 2.96 which is not a stable
> one ? (http://gcc.gnu.org).
>
It is NOT the same as the RH unstable gcc2.96 It is a VERY stable pruning of
the cvs tree which was tested for six full months. We used the number 2.96
because that number was officially abandoned by the gcc team. We needed
something less buggy than 2.95 which would also compile code for the Itanium.
Now gcc 3.0 is out. Do not expect an immediate switch. A compiler is a very
precious thing, and we will test it til we are satisfied.
Civileme
> Anyway the Mandrake 8.1 should be launched around september this year,
> because in the Mandrake 8.0 complete I just bought from walmart, I got a
> coupon inside the box saying that if I buy Mandrake 8.1 power pack between
> September 15,2001 to June 30, 2002, I can qualify for a $20 rebate.
