-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/22/06 07:53, Michael Schmitz wrote: >> gcc-4.0 was extremly brittle and should never has been made the default >> compiler in sid. It was not working correctly on i386 let alone on >> others platforms. I don't remember a similar issue with any other sid >> compiler. I spent more working around compiler issues than I ever had >> to. >> >> I am quite glad we moved to gcc-4.1, but gcc-4.0 was a total waste of >> time and certainly contributed for a great part for the current state >> of m68k. Given the porter team are not responsible for the choice of >> tool chains version for their architecture, they should not have to bear >> the consequences. >> >> So I urge you to give Debian/m68k a fair chance. > > Having been insured that all this is about policy not attitude, I'd say we > have had our chance, m68k users should instead look at Debian for netbsd > instead. > > Seriously, "we cannot afford to help you anymore" shows not only is gcc > brittle but so is the whole project.
Regarding the project: either it's brittle, or it's just growing and growing. Now that big projects like X & GNOME release on a rapid schedule, and the kernel has many point releases, is the workload just increasing? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFFVSCS9HxQb37XmcRAkiWAKDamV66ZHGEGeD/sG+GV9Jhg1oAcQCg05Va ZGm3zpJ9mX9q+g/WSBYmbeU= =CbE1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
