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On 12/22/14 11:20, Andrew Savchenko wrote: |
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> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:11:01 +0100 Andreas K. Huettel wrote: |
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>> (On a related note, do we really need gcc 2.95.3-r10, 3.3.6-r1, 3.4.6-r2, |
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>> 4.0.4, 4.1.2, 4.2.4-r1, 4.3.6-r1, 4.4.7, 4.5.1-r1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3-r2, 4.5.4, |
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>> 4.6.0, 4.6.1-r1, 4.6.2, 4.6.3, 4.6.4, 4.7.0, 4.7.1, 4.7.2-r1, 4.7.3-r1, 4.7.4, |
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>> 4.8.0, 4.8.1-r1, 4.8.2, 4.8.3, 4.9.0, 4.9.1, and (deep breath) 4.9.2? |
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> Yes, we do. There is a lot of software out there which needs |
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> specific gcc version. E.g. I have fortran code which depends |
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> gcc:3.4. Other example are cuda implementations which usually lag |
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> behind mainstream gcc by one middle version. |
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Its not as corner as people think it is. I wasn't even thinking of cuda. |
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> And please don't say "just fix it", some of such software is |
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> binary, some other is too large to be updated regularly. |
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> While one year support is a good policy for a common packages, it |
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> is in no way an upper limit for support and core packages should be |
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> considered carefully here. |
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Thank you. |
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> Best regards, |
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> Andrew Savchenko |
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