On Jan 25, 2008 3:08 AM, Jan de Groot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Recently we have gotten bugreports about gcc not having certain features of > languages because we compile our compiler languages as split packages. > (FS#9325). > > For objc, we already compile objc inside the gcc package, then remove it, to > build it again in a package for extra. To fix gfortran, we would need to do > the same... > > I've been thinking about this splitup: gfortran and objc aren't that big. > They could be included in the main gcc/gcc-libs PKGBUILDs. For java, we will > keep the split package. Other distributions like Debian and Ubuntu also have > their gcj things separated. > > Merging objc doesn't bring extra dependencies, merging fortran brings in > mpfr. Do we have a problem with this change?
I'm always a fan of the "if it's easier, but doesn't inconvenience too many people" logic. This seems to fit. I mean, it's going to be way easier for you, I'm sure, AND I doubt many people will complain because of a few megs lost to the fortran libs. ++ from me
