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Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:33:14 +0100
From: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
To: Willy Tarreau <willy@w.ods.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 00/2] improve .text size on gcc 4.0 and newer compilers
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
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On 12/30/05, Willy Tarreau <willy@w.ods.org> wrote:
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>
> Can't we elect a recommended gcc version that distro makers could
> ship under the name kgcc as it has been the case for some time,
> and try to stick to that version for as long as possible ? The only
> real reason to upgrade it would be to support newer archs, while at
> the moment, we try to support compilers which are shipped as default
> *user-space* compilers.
>
As I see it, doing that would
 - put extra work on distributors.
 - bloat users systems with the need to have two gcc versions installed.
 - decrease testing with different gcc versions, which sometimes uncover bugs.


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