From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9625 invoked by alias); 12 Mar 2012 18:49:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 9565 invoked by uid 22791); 12 Mar 2012 18:49:45 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from vlsi1.gnat.com (HELO vlsi1.gnat.com) (205.232.38.7) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:49:17 +0000 Received: by vlsi1.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 3004) id EAE8F33C83; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:49:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:49:00 -0000 To: mikestump@comcast.net Subject: Re: Remove obsolete Solaris 8 support Cc: ebotcazou@adacore.com, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, iant@google.com, java-patches@gcc.gnu.org, libstdc++@gcc.gnu.org, ro@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de In-Reply-To: <43D69F8C-3FCE-4915-A211-6F04466DB8CB@comcast.net> References: <43D69F8C-3FCE-4915-A211-6F04466DB8CB@comcast.net> Message-Id: <20120312184916.EAE8F33C83@vlsi1.gnat.com> From: kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner) Mailing-List: contact java-patches-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: java-patches-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2012-q1/txt/msg00050.txt.bz2 > One of the nice things about gcc is that gcc usually still works, > long after a vendor has abandoned a machine. I rather like that gcc > will just work, unlike vendor software, which often says, please buy > a new machine. One doesn't have to remove support in gcc for > something, just because a vendor doesn't support it. That said, > truly crufty things, should go. I agree. If it's not causing a serious maintenance issue, I see no reason to remove it.