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Alec Warner wrote: |
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> Another class of packages I wish to discuss (not remove quite yet, just |
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> talking ;) ) are older packages with stable markings. By Stable I mean |
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> debian stable, IE we stabled it in 2004 and no one has touched it since. |
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> Do these packages still work with a current system (linux 2.4/2.6, |
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> glibc-2.3/2.4, >=gcc-3.4, etc... |
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> So partially this is a question for gcc porting, how many *known broken* |
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> apps don't get fixed when we upgrade and stable a gcc version. |
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Depends how much notice we get ahead of time. Things like 'btw we want 4.1 |
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stable for 2006.1' two weeks in advance tend to create more havoc than usual. |
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> Do these stay in the tree, and do they have deps on older versions of gcc |
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> (effectively masking them, since old versions of gcc generally get masked by |
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> profile eventually). |
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Most major archs have at least some version of 3.3 and 3.4 available in stable. |
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Sometimes even 2.95, and some lucky winners have 4.1 in ~arch. amd64 has 3.3 |
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masked for some reason i don't understand, and other arches might too. i'm just |
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going off of what eshowkw tells me. |
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Unless there's a very good reason, older GCC versions shouldn't be punted |
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because it's extremely useful to be able to test your code on a variety of |
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different compilers. |
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> How many apps are just sitting in the tree and no one knows if they |
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> compile at all with a recent system? |
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Once I'm through with them, hopefully none. ;) I know of a couple packages that |
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won't compile with GCC 3.3, but for most I have a patch or workaround. libmpeg3 |
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is one, can't remember any others off the top of my head. |
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> I think also that genone's Gentoo-Stats project would be a great |
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> information aggregator as we could identify packages that no one uses |
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> anymore. |
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+1 |
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> Anyway, these were just some thoughts I had about trimming the tree a |
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> bit; feel free to rip em apart as always :0 |
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BTW, I'm interested in joining the Tree Cleaners project once my dev stuff goes |
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through, if it's cool with you. |
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--de. |
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