I would really love to see sdcc debian packages updated.
As a PIC16 port user, I'd like to see the sdcc-non-free package too.
I hope you find a sponsor.
Thanks
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Gudjon I. Gudjonsson <gud...@gudjon.org>wrote:
> **
>
> Hi list
>
> Quite soon after the release of sdcc 3.1 I had a package ready for Debian.
> It is cleaned for complying with the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG)
> but I can also make a full package for the non-free Debian part.
>
>
>
> The problem is that I haven't found a sponsor for the new version and the
> main reason is that version 3.1 creates a little bit bigger code than
> version 2.9, see below [1]
>
>
>
> I have mostly moved to ARM microcontrollers but I am very interested in
> keeping sdcc as a Debian package and I want the package to be up to date.
> But what does the list think? Does anyone miss the package? If anyone wants
> to adopt it or sponsor an upload you are more than welcome.
>
>
>
> The current Debian source package can be found here if anyone wants to
> use/test it:
>
>
>
> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/sdcc/sdcc_3.1.0+dfsg-1.dsc
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Gudjon
>
>
>
> [1]
>
> """
>
> > I'll CC Keith on this in the hope that he'll chime in with some details
>
> > of the problems he's seeing. Perhaps you can help figure out how we
>
> > resolve these issues so that we can move forward to SDCC 3.X thereby
>
> > motivating me to want to work on the packages and help upload again?
>
>
>
> Sure, I'm seeing fairly significant code size increases from the 3.X
>
> series, the end result is that our firmware cannot fit in the available
>
> flash space when compiled with 3.X while it fits (barely) with earlier
>
> versions of the compiler.
>
>
>
> I've got one small example that compiles to 212 bytes with SDCC 2.9 but
>
> takes 246 bytes with 3.1.0 (#7066). That one seems to be an unfortunate
>
> combination of register allocation changes and some missing move
>
> optimizations.
>
> """
>
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