Add GCC and leave GCC5 for now and give time for all downstream consumers to accommodate the name change.
At a later date, remove GCC5. We have seen significant downstream issues on name changes in the past. Splitting into 2 different patch series allows downstream to merge in the change that adds the new name. Give time to update all dependencies to use the new name, and then at a later date remove the old name. This is a common practice to announce deprecation and support new and old for a period of time. Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: Rebecca Cran <rebe...@bsdio.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 11:04 AM > To: Pedro Falcato <pedro.falc...@gmail.com>; Kinney, Michael D > <michael.d.kin...@intel.com> > Cc: devel@edk2.groups.io; Leif Lindholm <quic_llind...@quicinc.com>; Gao, > Liming <gaolim...@byosoft.com.cn>; Oliver Smith- > Denny <o...@smith-denny.com>; Jiang, Guomin <guomin.ji...@intel.com>; Lu, > Xiaoyu1 <xiaoyu1...@intel.com>; Wang, Jian J > <jian.j.w...@intel.com>; Yao, Jiewen <jiewen....@intel.com>; Ard Biesheuvel > <ardb+tianoc...@kernel.org>; Justen, Jordan L > <jordan.l.jus...@intel.com>; Gerd Hoffmann <kra...@redhat.com>; Feng, Bob C > <bob.c.f...@intel.com>; Andrew Fish > <af...@apple.com> > Subject: Re: 回复: 回复: [edk2-devel] [PATCH v2 00/13] > BaseTools,CryptoPkg,MdePkg,OvmfPkg: Delete > CLANG35,CLANG38,GCC48,GCC49, rename GCC5 to GCC, update CLANGDWARF, delete VS > 2008-2013, EBC > > > On 4/4/23 11:57 AM, Pedro Falcato wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 6:52 PM Kinney, Michael D > > <michael.d.kin...@intel.com> wrote: > >> I see value in adding a new name. > >> > >> I see no value in a non-backwards compatible change to delete/rename a > >> fully supported one. > > As Leif said, you reduce all sorts of possible confusion. > > > > VS2013 builds only for Visual Studio 2013 tools, VS2017 does the same > > for 2017, GCC5 meanwhile builds on anything from (probably GCC 4.x, > > since LTO, 2011) to GCC 13 (to be released soon, 2023). > > > > Surely downstreams can adapt to *this one cosmetic change* that > > changes no behavior. > > Nope, GCC5 currently only builds on GCC _6_ and newer, since we don't > specify -std=c++11. Which makes this discussion even more ridiculous IMO. > > > -- > Rebecca Cran -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#102532): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/102532 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/98051589/21656 Group Owner: devel+ow...@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/leave/9847357/21656/1706620634/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
