................Thu 1.Aug'13 at 6:57:47 -0400, Sam Fourman Jr................. > On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 6:34 AM, <h...@riseup.net> wrote: > > for example, FreeBSD uses clang now, they are making real progress on > having the ports tree build with clang as well > NetBSD supports a LOT of architectures,as does OpenBSD. so cant there be a > place, where all the tools needed to build > a *BSD system are kept and maintained? I see the term "tool chain" thrown > around a lot, I assume this refers to all thing "things" one needs > to build a system.. so could the "tool chain" somehow over time be unified > for all the *BSD's, this would include the compiler of course. > > I've long wished that the various BSD's could somehow work together in a > more unified way, I get that there are different goals and that creates the > need for separate projects. > but at least from my limited understanding, the "tool chain" and by > extension the compiler, is a good place to start, where all 4 major BSD's > could have common ground.
The code for BSD projects, and for software like compilers, is open source. Developers working on each BSD project can and do use it, therfore no need for collaboration like that. If anything "working in a unified way" would add more complexity than it's worth. -- James Griffin: jmz at kontrol.kode5.net A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38
