Apologies for shouting in the subject, but I believe this is critical issue for all ports/packages maintainers.
I implore you to read Peter Bigot's post of September 23, 2013 regarding the naming of GCC releases for the MSP430, the summary of which follows: > To help reduce confusion, though, I propose the following nomenclature: > > * mspgcc refers specifically to the toolchain started by Dmitry Diky and > Chris Liechti and "finished" by me; > > * gcc refers generically to the upstream toolchain GNU C; > > * msp430 gcc (or gcc msp430) would refer to the new port of msp430 to the > upstream toolchain. The number of different versions of GCC for the MSP430 in the past has caused no end of confusion, and Red Hat's new version is likely to continue this trend unless appropriate measures are taken, and taken soon. (It could be argued that this confusion is already happening...) While it seems clear that Red Hat's version will be the long term future for GCC for the MSP430, there are many people (myself included) who will be sticking with Peter's version until such time as Red Hat's version has been formally released and thoroughly tested. However, Red Hat's version will only see broad use (and testing) if it is also included in packaged formats. As such, I strongly suggest that all package maintainers include *both* versions for the foreseeable future. Unfortunately, it appears that many distributions already have package names that contradict Peter's proposed naming scheme. It is my hope that this thread can be used to sort out this mess and provide for some package naming standards going forward. Please discuss. -p. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WatchGuard Dimension instantly turns raw network data into actionable security intelligence. It gives you real-time visual feedback on key security issues and trends. Skip the complicated setup - simply import a virtual appliance and go from zero to informed in seconds. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=123612991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Mspgcc-users mailing list Mspgcc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mspgcc-users
