* Ian Collins ([email protected]) wrote: > Glenn Lagasse wrote: >> * ken mays ([email protected]) wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Since developers are getting more involved in using the GCC compiler >>> and especially the GCC 4.4.x compilers, I started wondering why not >>> migrate to GCC 4.4.x sooner than later?? We have more community >>> developers building, testing, and reporting on GCC 4.4.x than before. >>> >>> What is the price of admission for users/developers to enter the gates >>> of GCC 4.4.x ?? >>> >> >> Well, it's not 4.4.x but 4.3.2 is available in 2009.06. >> >> http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release/en/search.shtml?token=gcc&action=Search >> >> > As Ken says, 4.4.x is where all the gcc effort is going, especially with > C++. Shouldn't OpenSolaris be moving with the times?
Of course it should. And at some point, I'm sure 4.4.x (or whatever the most recent version available is at the time the person doing the integrating sees) will hit the repositories. However, 4.3.2 is a nice upgrade from the 3.4.3 that was in 2008.11 wouldn't you say? Things don't happen at the snap of a finger. Those that want things to move faster are free to step up and contribute to making them go faster :-) For instance, one could use the sourcejucr project to contribute spec files for more recent versions of gcc. Then after testing and approval those built packages could move into the contrib repo and viola, nice and crunchy gcc bits for all to use. Cheers, -- Glenn _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
