On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Ryan Hill <dirtye...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:00:00 -0500 > Matt Turner <matts...@gentoo.org> wrote: > >> Should we target package versions that aren't stabilized on other >> architectures yet, so that we'll have an extended testing period >> before they'll come up for stabilization? That is, can I plan to make >> gcc-4.5.1 or something the first restabilized version of gcc, go ahead >> and begin testing it, and be ready for stabilization when toolchain >> requests it? > > I'd work on getting it ~mips before you think about stabilizing. ;) Last > report I got it doesn't build.
I've been using gcc-4.5.1 for the last two weeks or so. :) Should I add a ~mips keyword? > What's your target hardware for stabilization? Are we still focusing on SGI > stuff or moving on to newer platforms? SGI stuff is going to become less and less interesting, but it's still the most common MIPS hardware Gentoo users have [1]. STMicroelectronics MIPS systems (Lemote, Gdium, etc) are becoming more common, and we should definitely do a better job supporting them. (I should mention that I've been loaned a Yeelong by Daniel Clark, of freedomincluded.com, to fix up the siliconmotion driver.) I think we can reasonably support both. The Broadcom board I have can with the switch of a jumper operate in big or little-endian mode, so I can use it for both. Matt [1] http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-mips/msg_65e25b7dae79f7b897ed59199919a2a2.xml
