Hi Gerald,
> On Tue, 16 Oct 2018, Rainer Orth wrote:
>> The following patch documents the Solaris 10 obsoletion in the GCC 9
>> changes.html. I've based this on the GCC 4.9 text which allowed for
>> obsoletion of several targets. Tested by inspection in Firefox.
>>
>> Ok to install?
>
> Yes. And technically as maintainer you don't need to ask for
> approval, though I'm happy to have alook when asked. :-)
I know, but it's usually better to have a second pair of eyes ;-)
>> As a followup, we should update criteria.html to name
>> sparc-sun-solaris2.11 as primary platform. Although mechanical, I
>> suspect this requires SC approval?
>
> We haven't formally defined a policy, but for adjustments like
> that to (primary) platforms we've been deferring to the respective
> maintainers all along. So, just go for it unless anyone fervently
> disagrees.
I've checked the obsoletion with Eric before proposing it, so I guess
I'm fine.
Here's what I've committed.
Thanks.
Rainer
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Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University
2018-10-16 Rainer Orth <[email protected]>
wwwdocs:
* htdocs/gcc-9/changes.html (GCC 9 Release Series, Caveats):
Announce Solaris 10 obsoletion.
* htdocs/gcc-9/criteria.html (Primary Platform List): Update to
sparc-sun-solaris2.11.
? update.log
Index: htdocs/gcc-9/changes.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/gcc-9/changes.html,v
retrieving revision 1.22
retrieving revision 1.24
diff -u -p -r1.22 -r1.24
--- htdocs/gcc-9/changes.html 30 Sep 2018 14:38:54 -0000 1.22
+++ htdocs/gcc-9/changes.html 22 Oct 2018 08:39:11 -0000 1.24
@@ -28,7 +28,21 @@ a work-in-progress.</p>
<!-- .................................................................. -->
<h2>Caveats</h2>
<ul>
- <li>...</li>
+ <li><p>Support for a number of older systems and recently
+ unmaintained or untested target ports of GCC has been declared
+ obsolete in GCC 9. Unless there is activity to revive them, the
+ next release of GCC will have their sources permanently
+ <strong>removed</strong>.</p>
+
+ <p>The following ports for individual systems on
+ particular architectures have been obsoleted:</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>Solaris 10 (<code>*-*-solaris2.10</code>). Details can be found
+ in the <a href="https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2018-10/msg00139.html";>
+ announcement</a>.</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
</ul>
Index: htdocs/gcc-9/criteria.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/gcc-9/criteria.html,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -p -r1.4 -r1.5
--- htdocs/gcc-9/criteria.html 30 Sep 2018 14:38:54 -0000 1.4
+++ htdocs/gcc-9/criteria.html 22 Oct 2018 08:33:10 -0000 1.5
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ application testing.</p>
<li>i686-pc-linux-gnu</li>
<li>mipsisa64-elf</li>
<li>powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu</li>
-<li>sparc-sun-solaris2.10</li>
+<li>sparc-sun-solaris2.11</li>
<li>x86_64-pc-linux-gnu</li>
</ul>
