On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Carlos Antunes <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/5/2014 12:34 PM, Ray Donnelly wrote: >>> >>> The names of the packages are currently >>> "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-{binutils,newlib,gcc}-arm-none-eabi". Is this >>> OK with you? >>> >>> I'll do a pull request for binutils once we agree on package naming >>> convention and you can then tell me if you'd like something changed. >>> >> >> I wonder if we shouldn't just combine everything together into one >> otherwise I forsee a lot of packages. > > > > Isn't that the "standard" model, to separate the packages? This way, it > makes it possible to (some extent) upgrade the packages separately. > > > >> The other option is to wait until clang/llvm can be used for everything > > everywhere, then we need just one cross compiler (yeah I joke for now, > > but that is their eventual aim .. then again, I'm a fan of GNU too) >> > > I like clang/llvm approach but at this point they aren't getting much > love directly from ARM while GCC is so I guess there isn't much of a > choice, right now. > > > >>> >>> I thought about using crosstool-ng but in the end decided to go with >>> something that, for me, is simpler: have all the build logic in PKGBUILD. >> >> Well, we can see. crosstool-ng brings a lot of benefits of course, but >> also a lot of waiting for builds. Clearly I'm a fan of that tool so >> there may be a conflict of interests at play regarding pull requests >> :-) >> > > Eheh, understood. I honestly just don't have the time to play with yet > another took, right now. I'm offering to share these PKGBUILDS because I > had to create them for my own use. Hopefully, they can be useful to > other people as well. > > Just let me know whether you'd like me to proceed with the pull request.
Go ahead, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush :-) > > Carlos > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Msys2-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Msys2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users
