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[Alexey Dokuchaev]

On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 05:08:07PM +0200, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> >> It is strongly recommended to migrate to GCC 3.4 or 4.0, since only these
> >> are still actively maintained upstream and support FreeBSD 7, for example.
> > There are still plenty of software that require GCC 3.3.  This includes
> > various game SDK's and level editors out there I'm currently working on
> > porting to FreeBSD.  That is, I'd like to have gcc33 preserved for some
> > time.  Thanks!
> 
> I think gcc33 will be there for quite some time, but please note that
> the gcc33 port fails to work on amd64 and FreeBSD 7.

I've aware of that.  I still hope, however, that this woudl get fixed in
some time.  How hard is the problem, BTW?

> 
> Personally, I'd be very hesitant to accept any new port which fails to 
> work with GCC 3.4 or later.  That's a maintenance nightmare in the making.

This would of course be highly desirable, but the reality is lots of
software are nto supported by 3.4.  I tend to blame popular Linnex distros
that still carry 3.2 and 3.3 versions these days, given that vast
majority of developers use those as their primary build platforms.  :-(

./danfe