From: Wu Y. <ad...@ne...> - 2002-06-26 02:13:47
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Hi, Danny and Earnie, You hit me in the right open-source way. Yes, you have the right to do what you think appropriate and I have the right to ... but.... It is really a shame of me to confess that I did not succeed in building gcc yet. I started to do so yesterday (a shame, too, not having tried to do it earlier). As I argued bitterly earlier, Danny "might" easily spend one day incorporating most of the fixes, while I was still struggling for the right build. OK, it is my problem. I will dig more into the GNU auto* tools and so on when the current project of our company is over. We do things on Windows and Linux, and I often test code with every compiler in hand, MSVC, GCC, and sometimes Borland C++ Compiler 5.5.1. We don't use auto* tools. In fact, I don't like them very much. I think supporting multiple platforms directly in code like STLport is a better idea. And I do not have many platforms to support and test. -- Though, I will spend time on the GNU tools later. I have been frustrated enough by them. It's time to conquer them. Danny, is it possible that you limit the time to fix the old gcc (say, one day) and then release an enhanced version? It is not necessary that ALL bugs are fixed. It is meaningful that it is a more stable and more bug-free version than all previous ones. Of course, if it is not as stable as GCC 3.1, do not do it. Best regards (and forgive my follies), Wu Yongwei |