On 11/04/2010 16:23, Manuel López-Ibáñez wrote: > On 11 April 2010 16:17, Jack Howarth wrote: >> ps I've watched FSF gcc development for awhile now >> and have become a bit concerned that it is slowing >> tending towards a gnu-linux mono-culture (through >> no real fault of its own). There should be every effort >> made to keep as many alternative platforms in the >> picture (even if these end up being supported through >> plugins). > > Do you have any real fact or measure that substantiates such claim? Or > is this just a "feeling"?
Here's a very crude indicator: > $ wget http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/2010-04/ > --2010-04-11 17:45:09-- http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/2010-04/ > Resolving gcc.gnu.org... 209.132.180.131 > Connecting to gcc.gnu.org|209.132.180.131|:80... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: 245044 (239K) [text/html] > Saving to: `index.html.6' > > 100%[======================================>] 245,044 91.5K/s in 2.6s > > 2010-04-11 17:45:12 (91.5 KB/s) - `index.html.6' saved [245044/245044] > > > $ grep 'Results' index.html.6 > results > > $ wc -l results > 753 results > > $ grep -i linux results | wc -l > 482 > > $ grep -vi linux results | wc -l > 271 > > $ Grepping the -patches archives to see which platforms submitted patches get testing on would also be interesting, but somewhat harder owing to the more free-form nature of the text there. Still, a two-to-one ratio of linux to rest-of-the-world would be in line with my subjective impression: it's not overwhelming the rest, but it's substantially the best tended-to. So, I certainly have the same feeling, but I think it's just inevitable that the most popular platform gets the most support. cheers, DaveK
