On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 15:14 +0200, Denis Leroy wrote: > Peter Robinson wrote: > >> > buildsys@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> > >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. No doubt. > Unlike C, there are important > changes between g++ 3.x and g++ 4, some that sometimes require massive > rewrites. Yes, but ... that's what I call low quality source bases ;) > I think this belongs in Core, as a replacement to compat-gcc-32. I think, it belongs into Extras, to make such low quality sources in Core apparent. To end-users, it doesn't matter if it's in Core or Extras. Ralf -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
