#2670: GC 7.1
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Reporter: willimm | Owner: ra...@…
Type: task | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.5
Component: BOOK | Version: SVN
Severity: normal | Keywords:
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Comment(by ra...@…):
Replying to [comment:7 ra...@…]:
> I have sent a personal email to Hans asking him to clarify what he
considers to be the stable version of GC on a standard Linux platform. If
I receive a response, I'll post it here.
And within 10 hours I receive a reply. Here it is verbatim:
{{{
Unfortunately, we currently don't have a great story there. I suspect
most people will actually be better off with 7.2alpha4 than 6.8 or 7.1.
We're trying to finally get 7.2 out.
Hans
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Randy McMurchy [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 11:18 AM
> > To: Boehm, Hans
> > Subject: Stable Version of GC
> >
> > Hello Hans,
> >
> > I am the Editor of a book named "Beyond Linux From Scratch".
> > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/general/gc.html
> >
> > That is our current page for your GC package. We've stayed at
> > the 6.8 release because the information on your web site
> > http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/
> > says to use this version as it is considered the most mature
> > and stable version.
> >
> > However, I'm wondering if perhaps the site has not been
> > updated recently and that version 7.1 should be considered stable.
> >
> > Our book's policy is to include building instructions for
> > packages that the upstream maintainers consider their stable
> > version. Could you clarify for us what you consider to be the
> > stable version of GC on a standard Linux platform?
}}}
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