GSoC: Making ports work with clang

[Andrius Morkūnas]

On Mon, 03 May 2010 14:27:52 +0300, Kostik Belousov <kostikbel at gmail.com> wrote:
> For me, the project that makes sense is exactly "making freebsd ports
> work with clang", instead of what many have read "making applications
> ported to freebsd and compiled with clang work". Please note the subtle
> but very important difference.
>
> Even more, I do think that making our ports work with exactly clang does
> not give us any useful bits, except putting the port _infrastructure_
> into shape where it can use non-base compilers, as easy as changing
> two or three variables. Being able to decouple base and port compilers,
> and give the port system the freedom to use whatever compiler the port
> masters find suitable is very important. It is important both for ports,
> to not need to make a rush run to fix after base changes, and it is
> important for base to not hold on ports much to make a change.
>
> Other then that, I mostly share your refusal to drink the Kool-Aid.

Finally, someone who understands the benefits of my project and what
I'm trying to do!
Of course it's my own fault for not explaining my goals clearly enough,
but now I know where to point when I try to explain what I'm doing or
why it's good for FreeBSD.

-- 
Andrius