Hi, I have decided to grant an exception to cross-gcc and unblock it despite it not being testing until now. The decision is a result of discussion with Helmut Grohne to fix a regression in the wake of the gcc-4.8 unblock. After we unblocked gcc-4.8, we introduced a regression on the cross-compilation front allegedly leaving us without any (useful/functional) cross-compilation tools in Jessie. By pulling in cross-gcc, we now have a "cross-compiler compiler", which is in fact used by the regular "crowd" (e.g. Wookey and Helmut) to compile their cross-compilers. This gives us at least "some" cross-compiler support.
I am not in a hurry to announce this to the general public as some might attempt to use it to undermine our freeze policy[1]. Nevertheless, I felt you ought to know, so you are not caught by surprised by it. Thanks, ~Niels [1] Admittedly, we have not been very awesome at enforcing all parts of it (e.g. the "RC-bugs only" for the past 2 months). But so far the whole "no re-entry into testing" part has been working quite well for us.
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