GCC withdraw (was: Re: patch to add AES intrinsics to gcc)

[Kurt Jaeger]

Hi!

> > I have a patch that I intend to commit before the 10.0 code
> > slush that removes GCC and libstdc++ from the default build on
> > platforms where clang is the system compiler.  We definitely don't
> > want to be supporting our 6-year-old versions of these for the
> > lifetime of the 10.x branch.
> 
> Isn't it a POLA violation?
> 
> As for me I expect something like this:
> . 9.x gcc default and clang in base;
> . 10.x clang default and gcc in base;
> . 11.x gcc withdraw.

If the 150 ports that only work with gcc, all work with a ports
gcc and do not need the gcc from base, would the following be OK ?

- 9.x gcc default and clang in base;
- 10.x clang default and gcc in ports;

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