Hi Ville, On April 11, 2021 8:04:07 PM UTC, Ville Voutilainen via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> wrote: > I don't love Jonathan Wakely's idea of forking libstdc++. I would much > rather not have that fork happen. But I will follow that fork. I know > him well enough that trying to talk him out of doing the fork is > unlikely to succeed, we're far beyond the stage where such > talking-out is on the table. > [...] > Bring on the forks.
I know I'm depicted here as a "concern troll" or as a "RMS fanboy", but I have to admit that I really appreciate the fork solution proposed by Jonathan. I agree that calling the fork GCC would be a mess for everybody, but I would appreciate a proper fork with a new name because of the clarity it would bring on the table. You could call it Open Compiler Collection, OCC, or someting like that. Personally I would consider to keep using GCC and I could contribute my port to the GNU project as I planned to do since its beginning. But I'd expect a more, varied, international and indipendent leadership on the GNU Compiler Collection. One more focused with freedom and less with marketing and US-interest and moralism, be it economically viable or not. I even think that in the long run, the two projects could explore different and interesting technical paths, and even cooperate as peers. Or maybe not. But for what it matters, I would welcome the clarity a fork would bring to the ecosystem. Sincerely, the "new talent" you'd never want to attract! :-D Giacomo
