Actually I asked after this a short time back, and after some good feedback
from the list here, a bit more research, and some serious experimentation
I'm pretty comfortable. I've compiled several packages and at least a dozen
kernel gens, no issues (other than my own oopses.) It is definitely a
tighter standard, and I like that.
It is, after all, the cooker - anyhow, using urpmi the update to my 7.2
system went fairly well. IMHO I'd go ahead and use it. "Join Us - don't be
afraid..." :}
Gio
----- Original Message -----
From: "JimBoB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] gcc-2.96
> I agree! I won't using Mandrake 8.0.........
>
> JimBoB
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mattias Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 6:26 PM
> Subject: [Cooker] gcc-2.96
>
>
> > I know we had a long debatte about if LM should start using gcc-2.96 in
> > cooker, I was against it. But I was then told that there would not be
> > any stable release based on a CVS snapshot of gcc, LM was not going to
> > make the same mistake as RedHat. But that was then, what is said a few
> > month ago is not worth anything now... now Mandrake are going to make
> > the same mistake as RedHat. I'm not going to tell people why gcc-2.96 is
> > a big mistake since they probably have heard all the arguments and
> > ignored them. The only thing left to do is to leave Mandrake for a
> > release that use their common sence and listen to the people that
> > develop the software they are about to use....
> >
> > For you who haven't read about the use of gcc 2.96 you can read the this
> > by Linus Torvalds.
> > http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/linux-kernel/2000week51/0868.html
> >
> > /Snaggen, will not be using Mandrake in the future....
> >
> > --
> >
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> > Mattias Eriksson E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > SWEDEN 070-5636769
> >
> > 'I don't fight for a cause Hemsida: http://www.acc.umu.se/~snaggen
> > I fight for the fight' PGP:
> http://www.acc.umu.se/~snaggen/snaggen.asc
> >
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