Hi, I don't know whether it is appropriate that I remark, I have no objection to moving to gcc-4.8 on ppc64, too.
Matthias Klose wrote: > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo > > Afaics, the situation didn't change. There is nobody committing to work on the > toolchain for these architectures. At least for release architectures the > alternative is to drop the port unless somebody wants to maintain the > toolchain > for this port. This is the current status, please correct me if I'm wrong. > > - alpha, no feedback, CCing Michael Cree. > - hppa, no feedback, CCing John David Anglin > - ia64, no feedback, likely to be removed. > - powerpc, found some feedback from the porters, but unrelated to > toolchain issues, see > https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2013/11/msg00050.html > - powerpcspe, no feedback, CCing Roland Stigge. > - ppc64, no feedback > - s390x, pending upload > - sparc, no feedback > - sh4, no feedback, doesn't build, CCing Nobuhiro Iwamatsu > > Am 01.12.2013 16:45, schrieb Hiroyuki Yamamoto: >> Source: gcc-defaults >> Version: 1.123 >> Severity: wishlist >> Tags: patch >> >> Please resume considering to change using unified version of gcc, >> because FTBFS of many packages occur by e.g. c++11 >> on ports which stayed using gcc-4.6 and g++-4.6, >> ia64, powerpc, s390x, sparc, alpha, powerpcspe, ppc64, sh4. >> >> And using unified version of gcc must bring happiness >> to many package maintainers. >> >> On the other hand, I understand that this changing depends on >> the correspondence status of gcc porting, >> so I leave decision to you. > > This is a decision for the porters. If there are no active porters, there > shouldn't be a port. > >> Unfortunately, building gcc-4.8 source package on sh4 has not succeeded yet, >> so here is a patch which changes gcc-4.8 using on ports except sh4. >> >> Regards, > > -- Hiroyuki Yamamoto A75D B285 7050 4BF9 AEDA 91AC 3A10 59C6 5203 04DC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/529d07ae.6010...@gmail.com
