Mark,
I can understand the FSF gcc developers' frustration at
the lack of participation by the darwin developers. However
I still think it merits at least understanding why r131198
is breaking the linkage on darwin. It may well be that darwin
to exposing a latent bug in the use of install-leaf.
Jack
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 11:04:24AM -0800, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> Jack Howarth wrote:
>> Richard,
>> This problem appears to be caused by...
>>
>> Author: rsandifo
>> Date: Thu Dec 27 11:26:06 2007
>> New Revision: 131198
>>
>> URL: http://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs?root=gcc&view=rev&rev=131198
>> Log:
>> libgcc/
>> * Makefile.in (all): Use install-leaf rather than install.
>> (install): Split most of the rule into...
>> (install-leaf): ...this new one.
>
> It's certainly desirable to fix this before the release, but Darwin bugs
> are not release blockers for 4.3.0.
>
> The GCC SC has been discussing the Darwin situation. There are two basic
> criteria for being a primary platform: (1) utility to users of the FSF GCC
> releases, and (2) active maintenance. There hasn't been enough in the way
> of active maintenance for Darwin to make it possible to maintain Primary
> Platform status for Darwin for 4.3.0.
>
> That statement doesn't imply anything about what status Darwin might have
> in the future; if there's active maintenance -- as, it looks like, there
> may very well be, given that we have a volunteer for the position -- then
> that might well reactivate Darwin, even for later 4.3.x releases.
>
> Thanks,
>
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