On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 10:44:33PM +0200, Ludovic Brenta wrote: > Aurelien Jarno writes: > > I have just checked-in a patch in the SVN to fix this problem. > > Thanks a lot! I'll upload it as part of 4.3.0-3 immediately after > gcc-4.3 4.3.0-3. > > > BTW is there any reason to keep the MIPS support as a Debian patch > > instead of forwarding it upstream? This problem would probably have > > been avoided. > > Yes, there is a reason but it's a very bad one: lack of time to engage > into the copyright-assignment procedure. The author of the mips > support, Xavier Grave, is an occasional contributor to the Debian > packages and has never contributed to GCC yet (CCing him). > > As a first step, since he now has a little time available, I've asked > him to separate the mips support into a patch independent of ada-sjlj. > That should make future submission to upstream easier.
I have seen this is now done, and I have made a few more changes to get the MIPS support fully working. I have copyright-assignements for GCC, we can probably submit this patch with both our names if you agree. -- .''`. Aurelien Jarno | GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 : :' : Debian developer | Electrical Engineer `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] `- people.debian.org/~aurel32 | www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
