Re: Add clang++ to AC_PROG_CXX

2016-03-31 Thread Václav Haisman
On 31 March 2016 at 04:30, Ruben Safir wrote: > On 03/16/2016 11:30 AM, Earnie wrote: >> On 3/16/2016 4:02 AM, Václav Haisman wrote: >>> On 15 March 2016 at 17:35, Paul Eggert wrote: On 10/04/2012 12:41 AM, Václav Zeman wrote: > > Does attached patch work for you? Foll

Re: Add clang++ to AC_PROG_CXX

2016-03-31 Thread Jeffrey Walton
>> That is not a bug, it was a desired feature... > > Huh. How is not finding a viable compiler when one is present a desired > feature? +1. I kinda laughed when I read that, too. Apparently the project has a set of goals, and breaking the configuration and compile in some instances meets the go

Re: Add clang++ to AC_PROG_CXX

2016-03-31 Thread Ruben Safir
On 03/31/2016 12:31 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >>> That is not a bug, it was a desired feature... >> >> Huh. How is not finding a viable compiler when one is present a desired >> feature? > > +1. I kinda laughed when I read that, too. > > Apparently the project has a set of goals, and breaking th

Re: Add clang++ to AC_PROG_CXX

2016-03-31 Thread Ruben Safir
On 03/31/2016 12:31 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > viable compiler It will be viable when they release it under the GPL3. -- So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://www.mrbrk

Re: Add clang++ to AC_PROG_CXX

2016-03-31 Thread Ruben Safir
On 03/31/2016 12:31 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >>> That is not a bug, it was a desired feature... >> >> Huh. How is not finding a viable compiler when one is present a desired >> feature? > > +1. I kinda laughed when I read that, too. > > Apparently the project has a set of goals, and breaking th

Re: Add clang++ to AC_PROG_CXX

2016-03-31 Thread Ruben Safir
On 03/31/2016 12:49 PM, Ruben Safir wrote: > On 03/31/2016 12:31 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: That is not a bug, it was a desired feature... >>> >>> Huh. How is not finding a viable compiler when one is present a desired >>> feature? >> >> +1. I kinda laughed when I read that, too. >> >> Apparen

Re: Add clang++ to AC_PROG_CXX

2016-03-31 Thread Ruben Safir
On 03/31/2016 12:49 PM, Ruben Safir wrote: > On 03/31/2016 12:31 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: That is not a bug, it was a desired feature... >>> >>> Huh. How is not finding a viable compiler when one is present a desired >>> feature? >> >> +1. I kinda laughed when I read that, too. >> >> Apparen

Re: Add clang++ to AC_PROG_CXX

2016-03-31 Thread Ruben Safir
On 03/17/2016 07:40 AM, Václav Haisman wrote: > makes sense to look for Clang as well as any other viable compiler. that makes no sense. -- So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 19

Re: Add clang++ to AC_PROG_CXX

2016-03-31 Thread Václav Haisman
On 31.3.2016 18:46, Ruben Safir wrote: > On 03/31/2016 12:31 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >> viable compiler > > It will be viable when they release it under the GPL3. In that case, I am waiting for you to present and get through patches that remove aCC, cl.exe, FCC, KCC, RCC, xlC_r, and xlC as well

Re: Add clang++ to AC_PROG_CXX

2016-03-31 Thread Ruben Safir
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 07:13:18PM +0200, Václav Haisman wrote: > On 31.3.2016 18:46, Ruben Safir wrote: > > On 03/31/2016 12:31 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > >> viable compiler > > > > It will be viable when they release it under the GPL3. > > In that case, I am waiting for you to present and get

Dropping support for all non-free tools (was: Add clang++ to AC_PROG_CXX)

2016-03-31 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Ruben Safir wrote: > On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 07:13:18PM +0200, Václav Haisman wrote: >> On 31.3.2016 18:46, Ruben Safir wrote: >> > On 03/31/2016 12:31 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >> >> viable compiler >> > >> > It will be viable when they release it under the GPL3.

Re: Dropping support for all non-free tools (was: Add clang++ to AC_PROG_CXX)

2016-03-31 Thread Dustin Laurence
On 03/31/2016 12:52 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > What purpose does it serve to alienate a majority of the users from > whom you need support to achieve your goals? That seems like it will > take a bad situation (lack of overwhelming support for FSF ideals) and > make it worse (aggravate more develo

Re: Add clang++ to AC_PROG_CXX

2016-03-31 Thread Russ Allbery
Ruben Safir writes: >> On 3/16/2016 4:02 AM, Václav Haisman wrote: >>> Cool. I do not remember exactly if this was my motivation for the >>> original submission but I believe this is still relevant for Cygwin >>> where you can AFAIK install Clang and not install GCC (which creates >>> the /usr/bi