Popular platforms Switched To gcc 3.3.1 on NetBSD 26
Dan writes "The anticipated GCC3.3.1 switch on NetBSD has happened for some of the popular platforms. NetBSD's Matthew Green announced that he has switched the alpha, i386, sparc and sparc64 ports to use GCC 3.3.1 as the default system compiler. At the same time, NetBSD's Matt Thomas announced that the arm ports(acorn26, acorn32, cats, and shark) have been switched over as well."
gcc (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:gcc (Score:3, Interesting)
Another point. Will NetBSD 1.6.2(or any 1.6.x) include this switch to gcc 3 ?
Or is it a feature of the upcoming NetBSD 2.0 ?
Which leads to; when can one expect NetBSD 2.0 ? This year ? 2005 ?
(zealots that know nothing more than "when its ready" need not reply.)
Re:Question (Score:3, Insightful)
RMS says *BSD is free (Score:1)
all I ever hear is Stallman and associated syncophants telling people not to use *BSD because it's not "free", at least by their definition.
The X11 license, the Expat license, and the new BSD license are listed on GNU.org as GPL-compatible free software licenses [216.239.39.104], and the old BSD license is listed as not compatible with the GNU GPL but still a free software license. Thus, an operating system consisting of Expat licensed programs, X11 licensed programs, and *BSD licensed programs is free software.
Pleas
Answer. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Question (Score:2, Insightful)
One another note, TENDRA *may* present a valid alternative to GCC someday (which would be nice -- I don't care about the license, but diversity is good!). Sadly, I wouldn't advise anyone to hold their breath waiting.
Re:*BSD for Windows XP? (Score:2)