Apple had no problem using a GPL v2 licensed compiler. It looks like they have a huge problem using a GPL v3 licensed compiler.
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Joe Gain <joe.g...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Mark Felder <f...@feld.me> wrote: > > Please stop asking for instant gratification; you won't have it no matter > > how loud you yell. The Clang decision is far-reaching and gives numerous > > advantages to the FreeBSD platform. It's also not been a waste of time; > > you're implying that the FreeBSD devs have spent thousands of hours > hacking > > away at Clang which is far away from the fact. We're simply building upon > > their work, testing Clang on the codebase (and finding bugs GCC was > > hiding!!), and reporting any issues upstream which get fixed very very > > quickly. > > > > If you want to recompile everything with lang/gcc (4.6.3) and the latest > > binutils go right ahead, but don't expect support when things go horribly > > pear-shaped. > > Clang is a great set of compiler tools. If you are only a user, as you > suggest, > than you shouldn't be compiling anything, just running binaries. If you are > using a compiler, than you may not be a developer, but you aren't just a > user. > > In any case, if you're not developing, like me, you don't really get a > say-- well, > you do, but probably nobody is listening. > > http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/240001128 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > > > -- > joe gain > > jacob-burckhardt-str. 16 > 78464 konstanz > germany > > +49 (0)7531 60389 > > (...otherwise in ???) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
