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--- Begin Message ---Package: tech-ctte Recently some crippled cross toolchain packages were uploaded to Debian unstable, without having any consent with the Debian GCC maintainers, nor announcing these packages anywhere. Maintained by a single person, not even trying to form a maintainer group, and downgrading bug reports without addressing concerns of the GCC maintainers. I'm asking the ctte to state that - a cross compiler based on GCC within Debian is able to cross build the existing gcc-x.y packages without disabling any features that are offered by the packaging, and used for the native compilers. This includes frontends and multilib'ed runtime libraries. - a cross compiler based on GCC within Debian provides all the front ends required to cross-build GCC. - a cross compiler based on GCC within Debian uses the very same sources, patches and configuration, so that it is equivalent to the native compiler provided by the Debian GCC maintainers. The current maintainer of the cross compiler packages has shown that he is not able to work together on these issues in a group. I'm asking the ctte that anybody who is able and willing to maintain the cross compiler packages as outlined above, becomes the new maintainer of the cross compiler packages targeting Debian architectures. It would be good if the GCC maintainer group is involved in this group.
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--- Begin Message ---As agreed at the most recent meeting of the Technical Committee, this bug is being closed. It has not been resolved, as such, but parts of it have been rendered moot by the release of Jessie, and other parts have been rendered less relevant by the passage of time. This is not a particularly satisfying outcome, but at least it clears the way for bugs in related areas, which people might otherwise hesitate to submit as long as this bug remains open. Please be assured, the members of the Technical Committee are still very much interested in assisting in whatever way we can with progress in this area (either as individuals or as a group, in either informal mediation or via bugs submitted to the committee). We also intend to learn the lessons of this bug: Some issues clearly have an expiry date, and in such cases any decision is generally better than none. In order to make such quick decisions possible, we intend to encourage good behaviour by giving the most sympathetic hearing to those participants that provide clear justifications of their position and respond to questions in a timely manner. Philip Hands (on behalf of the Technical Committee)signature.asc
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