On Tue, 28 Apr 2009, Kaveh R. Ghazi wrote: > From: "Mark Mitchell" <m...@codesourcery.com> > > > That is not a decision, however, on whether using MPC is or is not a > > good idea. There have been objections raised to MPC, on the grounds > > that it may not build on all host systems, or that the costs it brings > > in terms of complexity of building GCC outweigh its benefits. We should > > reach consensus on those issues before making a decision about whether > > to depend upon it. > > Thanks Mark. Although I personally felt that the GPLv3-compatible license > terms were sufficient from a legal and policy perspective, it's good to > clarify this officially for future circumstances as well as retroactively > for the libraries we already depend on. Also I agree that the remainder of > the discussion (i.e. whether it's a "good idea" in this particular case) > should be conducted in the public forum and that's what I asked for in my > proposal to the SC. > > So to address the remaining concerns, ...
I didn't hear back from anyone opposing (or supporting!) MPC. Does that mean it's no longer controversial? Hopefully I've addressed the outstanding issues raised. http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2009-04/msg00741.html --Kaveh
