Bug#771070: requirements for cross toolchain packages in the distribution

2014-12-18 Thread Wookey
[Most of this was written a few weeks ago when this bug was first filed, but I didn't post it then as I wanted to get better docs on the compiler builds in place at https://wiki.debian.org/ToolChain/Cross so that the substantive argument was easier to follow for those not previously involved.

Bug#766708: Coordinating a plan and requirements for cross toolchain packages in Debian

2014-12-18 Thread Ian Jackson
Don Armstrong writes (Bug#766708: Coordinating a plan and requirements for cross toolchain packages in Debian): On Wed, 17 Dec 2014, Helmut Grohne wrote: I also note that concern was brought for raising this issue to the ctte too quickly. In fact, we now see that I was raising it too

Re: Next CTTE Meeting at date -d'Thu Dec 18 18:00:00 UTC 2014' (in less than 48 hours)

2014-12-18 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 16 Dec 2014, Don Armstrong wrote: The next CTTE Meeting is at date -d'Thu Dec 18 18:00:00 UTC 2014' in #debian-ctte on irc.debian.org. The agenda is in the git repository. #debian-ctte Meeting Meeting started by dondelelcaro at 18:07:58

Bug#771070: requirements for cross toolchain packages in the distribution

2014-12-18 Thread Ben Longbons
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Wookey woo...@wookware.org wrote: MA-built vs in-arch --- I guess an interesting question is 'what does the cross-compiler actually _use_ the foreign arch libc for'? Does it need its own independent copy? What happens when the compiler