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Re: GAS copyright update
On Thu, May 04, 2000 at 07:44:33PM +0100, Philip Blundell wrote:
> We can certainly discuss it. If you can convince me that backporting
> the IA-64 parts would not destabilise any other areas of code then we
> could perhaps consider it for some subsequent release on the 2.10
> branch.
Thank you.
> Can't you use a different source base for different architectures?
Unfortunately not easily as it complicates our build procedure.
> This sort of situation will always happen - wherever you draw the
> cut-off point for a release, there are going to be some features left
> out.
Very true. Typically the BSD philosophy is to only use released versions
of toolchain bits. Sacrificing features for tested stability.
> If you felt that your life would be made noticeably and needlessly more
> miserable by not having IA-64 in 2.10 the time to speak out was back in
> March when the release branch was being created, not now when we are
> trying to put the finishing touches to the release.
I sincerely apologize for that. I just realized that there was a 2.10
branch and a release was nearing. I queried the list about any upcoming
releases back in January and was told by Ian there were no plans. I have
only been mandated to upgrade the FreeBSD toolchain w/in the past month.
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-- David (obrien@NUXI.com)