GCC 4.7 is now the default for x86 architectures
GCC 4.7 is now the default for x86 architectures for all frontends except the D frontends, including KFreeBSD and the Hurd. There are still some build failures which need to be addressed. Out of the ~350 bugs filed, more than the half are fixed, another quarter has patches available, and the remaining quarter isn't blocking any other 4.7 build failures. Many thanks to the patch submitters and NMUers, including Cyril Brulebois, Gregor Herrmann, Paul Tagliamonte for the fixes. This will add one more transition for x86 (libobjc3 - libobjc4), which needs starting with uploads of some GNUstep base packages. The D v2 frontend is likely to be updated to 4.7 before the freeze (no build dependencies). Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fa7ffd8.9010...@debian.org
Re: GCC 4.7 is now the default for x86 architectures
On 07.05.2012 19:35, Thorsten Glaser wrote: Matthias Klose dixit: GCC 4.7 is now the default for x86 architectures for all frontends except the D frontends, including KFreeBSD and the Hurd. How are the plans for other architectures? I don't have plans to change any other architectures. If a port is not a release architectures (and port maintainers don't plan to make it a release architecture), people can change the default at any time from my point of view. As for gcc-4.7 in general: a friend (authoring an ObjC framework _and_ runtime) told me that it dropped support for an old method of doing things while not fulfilling the promise to get the new method of doing it (don’t exactly remember what it was, /msg js on freenode for details) fixed, with the effect that gobjc-4.7 is virtually useless/broken. This is hearsay, but ask him for details, and check them against reality. I didn't rely on hearsay, but did ask the GNUstep maintainers for feedback. Please join the Debian GNUstep package maintainers ML if you want to add something, or review the past discussion. Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fa80a89.8070...@debian.org
Re: GCC 4.7 is now the default for x86 architectures
Matthias Klose dixit: GCC 4.7 is now the default for x86 architectures for all frontends except the D frontends, including KFreeBSD and the Hurd. How are the plans for other architectures? The m68k status (which obviously can’t influence the release decisions) is as follows: gcc-4.7 builds, last time I looked gcj-4.7 didn’t but it is currently building again (so let’s see whether it does this time); gcc-4.6 and gnat-4.6 are getting development and bugfixes (I’ve queued up some patches, but am not entirely ready with all of them, plus some for binutils and gdb), and I’ve asked for help re. the gcj-4.4/gcj-4.6 recent problems. But nothing has tested gcj-4.7, and I fear of new and old bugs… so I’d rather not switch default compiler to it anytime soon. As for gcc-4.7 in general: a friend (authoring an ObjC framework _and_ runtime) told me that it dropped support for an old method of doing things while not fulfilling the promise to get the new method of doing it (don’t exactly remember what it was, /msg js on freenode for details) fixed, with the effect that gobjc-4.7 is virtually useless/broken. This is hearsay, but ask him for details, and check them against reality. bye, //mirabilos -- Yay for having to rewrite other people's Bash scripts because bash suddenly stopped supporting the bash extensions they make use of -- Tonnerre Lombard in #nosec -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pine.bsm.4.64l.1205071730550.28...@herc.mirbsd.org
