1) This is offtopic.
Yeah, but I want to bring this up because I can tell it is affecting GCC
development.
From http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2008-02/msg00523.html:
"> If someone steps forward, are you allowed to follow the patches list
We can't read the patches nor gcc list.
and give feedback and/or approve patches for new contributors? I assume
this is possible since you helped out with objc++ review for me just
recently.
Only because I was cced on it."
From http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2008-02/msg00516.html:
"> Are current Darwin maintainers working on fixing anything in the FSF
sources?
Currently no. The transition to GPL v3 is problematic for us in the
short/mid term. :-( Longer term, we'll see how it goes."
2) You didn't say what the problem is. I certainly can't figure it
out from the links you posted.
Basically, what happened is that Apple created a Tivoized device called the
iPhone,
and Apple uses GCC (which is now under GPLv3) and Mac OS X on it.
Unfortunately, the iPhone is incompatible with GPLv3, if you want more see
the link I mentioned.
