Hi Guido, On 23 May 2011, at 10:36, Guido Berhoerster wrote: > * Alasdair Lumsden <[email protected]> [2011-05-23 01:15]: >> And lastly, could someone confirm whether the Apache stdcxx C++ library is a >> viable full alternative to libstdc++ that we could use to avoid the locale >> issue? If so, does anyone foresee any issues of pairing gcc with libstdc++ >> to take over from Sun Studio as our compiler of choice for OI (I'm talking >> theoretically, ignoring the work involved of making everything actually >> compile with it). > > Apache stdcxx upstream activity has largely ceased after 2008 so > it is probably not a good idea to commit to a sinking ship. GCC > libstdc++ and Clang libc++ are actively working on C++'0x support > so it's only a matter of time until some OSS projects start > taking advantage of that.
Alrighty - that seems fairly clear cut. I also found: http://stdcxx.apache.org/status/2011-05.txt Which strongly confirms stdcxx is dormant, so we can shelve that idea. Cheers, Alasdair _______________________________________________ oi-dev mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev
