From: "Kaveh R. GHAZI" <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu>
To: Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com>
Cc: GCC <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Using MPC Library with GCC
Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 15:15:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0905051107350.9541@caipclassic.rutgers.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4624D970354242E087CA1666BBA5EBC3@glap>
On Tue, 28 Apr 2009, Kaveh R. Ghazi wrote:
> From: "Mark Mitchell" <mark@codesourcery.com>
>
> > That is not a decision, however, on whether using MPC is or is not a
> > good idea. There have been objections raised to MPC, on the grounds
> > that it may not build on all host systems, or that the costs it brings
> > in terms of complexity of building GCC outweigh its benefits. We should
> > reach consensus on those issues before making a decision about whether
> > to depend upon it.
>
> Thanks Mark. Although I personally felt that the GPLv3-compatible license
> terms were sufficient from a legal and policy perspective, it's good to
> clarify this officially for future circumstances as well as retroactively
> for the libraries we already depend on. Also I agree that the remainder of
> the discussion (i.e. whether it's a "good idea" in this particular case)
> should be conducted in the public forum and that's what I asked for in my
> proposal to the SC.
>
> So to address the remaining concerns, ...
I didn't hear back from anyone opposing (or supporting!) MPC. Does that
mean it's no longer controversial? Hopefully I've addressed the
outstanding issues raised.
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2009-04/msg00741.html
--Kaveh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-05 15:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-27 18:54 Mark Mitchell
2009-04-28 18:13 ` Kaveh R. Ghazi
2009-05-05 15:15 ` Kaveh R. GHAZI [this message]
2009-05-05 17:04 ` Mark Mitchell
2009-05-13 8:41 ` Kaveh R. GHAZI
2009-05-13 11:51 ` Dave Korn
2009-05-13 15:42 ` Mark Mitchell
2009-05-30 18:07 ` Kaveh R. GHAZI
[not found] ` <4A28B124.50201@archlinux.org>
2009-06-05 5:46 ` Allan McRae
[not found] ` <BAY102-DAV10E7F9FA21B920680D391986480@phx.gbl>
2009-06-08 6:25 ` Kaveh R. Ghazi
2009-05-13 10:12 FX
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