Quo vadis, -CURRENT? (recent changes to cc & compatibility)

[David O'Brien]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 09:56:45AM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > >4.9 and 5.0-R are independent branch.  By your logic we should wait to 
> > >4.10 or 4.11 or 4.12 or ... before any substantial change can be made
> > >to -CURRENT.
> > 
> > The point is that is isn't wise to commit a change like the -pthread 
> > deprecation that breaks many ports just before a ports-freeze.
> 
> Which threads library should -pthread link to your app (libc_r,
> libkse, or libthr) on a 5.x system?

It should be a stub that libmap then maps to the threading lib you
wanted.  Or variations on this.  If you have a strong interest in this
there is a long discussion about this going on.