On 2019-02-01 21:01 -0700, Gavin Howard via lfs-dev wrote: > You're welcome! And replacing the GNU bc after this upcoming release sounds > great to me. > > Gavin H. > > On Fri, Feb 1, 2019, 17:04 Douglas R. Reno via lfs-dev < > lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> wrote: > > On 2/1/19 4:43 PM, Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev wrote: > > > On 02/01/2019 03:49 PM, Gavin Howard via lfs-dev wrote: > > >> Hello, > > >> > > >> I am the author of a bc with GNU extensions > > >> (https://github.com/gavinhoward/bc) that enables it to help build the > > >> Linux kernel. I think that my bc would be useful in Linux from > > >> Scratch. > > >> > > >> I have run through the entire LFS book with nothing changed except to > > >> replace GNU bc with the current release of my bc > > >> (https://github.com/gavinhoward/bc/releases/tag/1.1.3).
/* snip */ > > >> Would there be interest in switching to this new bc? > > > > > > I would be open to this. The instructions seem to be a lot simpler > > > than what we have now. I'm interested in other opinions. In any case > > > I think we would postpone this until after our next release. (March 1st) > > > > > > I do have one concern. There appear to be four releases in three days > > > (1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, and 1.1.3) in three days. We really need > > > something a bit more stable than that. > > > > > > -- Bruce > > > > > I am open to this as well. The release cadence seems to be quite often > > though, we would prefer it to slow down first. I think after March 1st > > is a good idea. > > > > It's certainly a whole lot easier to build than the one that is in the > > book right now. > > > > Thanks for writing to us, Gavin! Would we do this for 8.5? -- Xi Ruoyao <xry...@mengyan1223.wang> School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
