On 11/10/2013 18:14, Udo Grabowski (IMK) wrote: > This should not happen, this would kill us completely, we > have commercial applications compiled with Sun Studio, and > a lot of software that can't even be compiled with gcc-fortran,
I can't help thinking, what will happen to you when *Solaris* Studio stops working on *OpenIndiana*? Aren't you worried about that? I don't exactly see Oracle striving to maintain compatibility, and without source, it's bound to happen... > we use Sun Studio Fortran since it's way ahead in optimization, > syntax, and correctness, and a couple of open source precompiled > binaries that cannot be compiled easily without major efforts. > So this isn't just a problem of having firefox and thunderbird. > libicu is used in a couple of other libraries and applications, > so this will break the one or others production chain. I don't > see us changing from Sun Studio to gcc any time in the foreseable > future because there's no real usable alternative for us, and > surely not for others. So breaking support for the compiler and > Studio compiled software completely is not an option. And, from > pure ecological considerations, having a monoculture is not > a good setup anyway (especially in the case of gcc...), if so, > we should all move to Linux... The issue here is not monoculture, it's a choice of an ABI. As I pointed out: you can use Studio and have the standard GCC ABI. So do have a try at those compatibility options, and start assessing how you can make the switch. It has *already* happen in Solaris' past. So surely, what our cave-dwelling ancestors could do with their limited stone tools can be done more easily now that we have actual technology. Laurent _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss