Jack, Am 21.10.2011 um 21:53 schrieb Jack Howarth:
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 09:32:08PM +0200, Martin Costabel wrote: [...] >> Is the possible benefit for a tiny minority of xcode-4.2 users on Snow >> Leopard really worth all this hassle? > > Considering that i386 fink represents the most testing clang will ever see > against GPLv3 software as a 32 bit compiler, I would say yes. Worth it for *whom*, though? As I see it, this does *not* benefit for the Fink project. It may be a benefit for the clang team; or maybe for people who are interested in using clang for its own good. While these may be noble goals, I think it is misleading to claim that these benefit *Fink*. So let's drop that particular item from the discussion -- it is noble, but irrelevant. We have very limited resources, and I don't think we can afford to squander them on things purely based on noble intentions. If it turns out that going the "clang path" is the most effective for us (has best ratio of effort to user experience or so), we should consider it, but *only* for that reason. > Currently > fink is broken for Xcode 4.2 on SL. We have two ways to go. > > 1) Backwards by implementing a path-prefix-gcc42 of gcc-4.2 based compiler > wrappers only to be used for 10.6 running llvm-gcc as the system compiler. This sounds more appealing to me than trying to check several thousand packages for whether they compile with clang, and whether clang compiles them correctly. > > 2) Forwards were we try to do some good for the community by testing > the clang compiler's i386 code generation. > > I would argue that if we don't do 1) then 2) causes little harm. So what > if the package set if somewhat reduced initially. If the user wants the > full set, let them revert to Xcode 3.2.6. This option at least allows those > users who purchased Xcode 4 to leverage clang under SL. Actually, I think telling users to revert to Xcode 3.2.6 is a rather lame excuse... I know a lot of people in academia who would consider this a reason to switch away from Fink to MacPorts, Brew or just hand-installing software... So personally, I'd love to avoid that and get things compatible with XCode 4.2 by making sure everything gets to use GCC 4.2 by default. Cheers, Max ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
