From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31049 invoked by alias); 15 Apr 2003 21:26:14 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 31040 invoked from network); 15 Apr 2003 21:26:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO zuul.dsndata.com) (198.183.3.2) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 15 Apr 2003 21:26:13 -0000 Received: from india.dsndata.com (india.dsndata.com [198.183.6.117]) by zuul.dsndata.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h3FLQ7Ro077357; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:26:07 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jepler@dsndata.com) Received: from india.dsndata.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by india.dsndata.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h3FLQ7mW019416; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:26:07 -0500 Received: (from jepler@localhost) by india.dsndata.com (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h3FLQ75q019414; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:26:07 -0500 Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 21:43:00 -0000 From: Jeff Epler To: Mark Mitchell Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: Target deprecation list Message-ID: <20030415212605.GF30739@unpythonic.net> References: <200304150722.h3F7MvMX015260@doubledemon.codesourcery.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200304150722.h3F7MvMX015260@doubledemon.codesourcery.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.21 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) X-SW-Source: 2003-04/txt/msg00733.txt.bz2 My employer is still using i386-pc-bsdi2.1 (as a target). I recently managed to get 3.2.2 (languages c,c++) compiled in this configuration with some difficulty. I'd like to make the case to my managers that my time should be allocated to be a gcc maintainer for this platform, which we will continue to use and support for at least 18 months (but probably less than 24). If redhat moves to 3.3 or 3.4 within this timeframe, we might follow suit, but otherwise we're likely to remain on the 3.2 branch. If I could offer my time, and the copyright assignment is not a problem, would it be accepted? Is there any reasonable way to gage the amount of time I'd need to devote, so that my proposal to my manager will be reasonably accurate on that score? What about binutils, gdb, libiberty(?) and other independantly maintained projects that are all required to make gcc work and be useful? Jeff Epler jepler@unpythonic.net