On 12/30/05, Willy Tarreau <[email protected]> wrote: <!-- snip --> > > Can't we elect a recommended gcc version that distro makers could > ship under the name kgcc as it has been the case for some time, > and try to stick to that version for as long as possible ? The only > real reason to upgrade it would be to support newer archs, while at > the moment, we try to support compilers which are shipped as default > *user-space* compilers. > As I see it, doing that would - put extra work on distributors. - bloat users systems with the need to have two gcc versions installed. - decrease testing with different gcc versions, which sometimes uncover bugs. -- Jesper Juhl <[email protected]> Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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