On 10.05.2013 13:15, Dimitry Andric wrote:
Getting rid of non-standard extensions in general is really the way to
go. This would enable compiling with any standards-compliant compiler,
even commercial ones.
Of course, some day we may get there and it will be great. But until then the
ports-provided compilers should support the same extensions, that the base one
does -- unless it is too difficult to do...
Of course recent versions of gcc will be more feature-complete, result in
faster code, etc. But please be reminded of the GPLv3 licensing issues with
them. The license is not acceptable for everybody. (And yes, I know the
license does not apply to the generated code, that is not the point. :)
The users, who don't find the new GPL acceptable, would not be installing any of
the lang/gccXX at all -- and are most likely to skip this entire thread because
of its very subject-line.
I am concerned for those like myself, who do accept the license, went through
the trouble of installing one of the ports and are now hitting some unexpected
problems with it...
-mi
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