>> > >New package compat-gcc-34 >> > > Compatibility GNU Compiler Collection >> > > >> > > >> > >> > Why is this needed in Fedora Core? >> >> 1) GCC 3.4.6 is the last one to ship with G77, while Gfortran is quite >> far >> even in the Fortran77 compatibility, it is not yet there and some >> people >> have huge Fortran77 codebases, not to mention that Gfortran runtime >> is in any case ABI incompatible with G77 runtime >> 2) similarly, not all third party C++ sources are ready for GCC 4.1.x, so >> a secondary compiler is often handy until they manage to rewrite it >> 3) in the end, all that changed from previous amount of binary packages >> is the addition of one new src.rpm - as many compat-gcc-32 subpackages >> were nuked at the same time as the number of added compat-gcc-34 >> subpackages > > > So it was added just for Fortran77? If this is the case why can't it > be in extras as I'm pretty sure there are no dependancies on Fortran > in Core. Also does it mean it replaces the compat-gcc-32 packages? No it's very useful to C++ developpers. Unlike C, there are important changes between g++ 3.x and g++ 4, some that sometimes require massive rewrites. I think this belongs in Core, as a replacement to compat-gcc-32.
Yes, I have no doubt about that but unless there's something in Core that needs it its no harder to have it in Extras. Peter -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
