Bug#766708: supported GCC based cross compilers in Debian

2014-11-28 Thread Wookey
+++ Matthias Klose [2014-11-26 15:29 +0100]: I'm not sure how best to respond to all this. Obviously I disagree with some of it, and it's remarkable how much our views of the history of debian cross-compilers differ :-) I don't think anyone wants a lot of tit-for-tat debate as that's not very con

Bug#766708: supported GCC based cross compilers in Debian

2014-11-26 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 03:29:43PM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: > Contrary to some claims in this thread there never was any commitment > by myself to support the ability to rely on dependencies on foreign > architectures within the Debian archive. The person claiming this is > plain wrong. Pleas

Bug#766708: supported GCC based cross compilers in Debian

2014-11-26 Thread Matthias Klose
While the rebootstrap project is a laudable goal, it is not part of the Debian archive, and I doubt that I'm bound by any decision for something not being part of the Debian archive. Nevertheless I'm outlining below how to proceed with the rebootstrap. Contrary to some claims in this thread there