Mail Archives: djgpp/2001/05/10/05:32:09
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Laurynas Biveinis wrote:
> > Curiously enough, DJGPP is not listed neither among the primary
> > platforms, not among the secondary ones. Perhaps someone should tell
> > the GCC maintainers that we exist ;-)
>
> Confusion - most probably you are referring to primary or secondary
> platforms for testing upcoming 3.0.
The language of the Web pages is confusing: it is easy to understand
that those are the platforms supported by GCC 3.0. I did guess they
meant testing, but the wording doesn't make it clear:
Platform Support
GCC is available on a vast number of platforms. However, it is not
possible to effectively test GCC in all possible configurations.
Therefore, a smaller number of platforms have been selected as
targets. The targets chosen represent both the most popular operating
systems and the most popular microprocessors. Of course, where
possible, the release will support other targets as well.
This says ``platform support'' and ``targets'' too many times without
making clear that it only refers to testing the development code.
> We could (can?) add DJGPP there, if we had enough manpower.
AFAIK, the DJGPP port _is_ tested (the snapshots are built quite
regularly, as I glean from Andris's messages), so obviously we already
have enough manpower.
Personally, I find it disturbing that one of the oldest GCC ports,
which is in continuous maintenance since 1989, is never--not once,
except in some obscure place in the FAQ--mentioned in the GCC Web
pages. Perhaps I'm naive.
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