From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31365 invoked by alias); 12 Mar 2012 18:38:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 31234 invoked by uid 22791); 12 Mar 2012 18:38:45 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from qmta15.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (HELO qmta15.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net) (76.96.27.228) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:38:30 +0000 Received: from omta22.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.89]) by qmta15.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id khpd1i0041vN32cAFieWwT; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:38:30 +0000 Received: from up.mrs.kithrup.com ([24.4.193.8]) by omta22.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id kieU1i01q0BKwT48iieVsT; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:38:30 +0000 Subject: Re: Remove obsolete Solaris 8 support Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Mike Stump In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:38:00 -0000 Cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, libstdc++@gcc.gnu.org, java-patches@gcc.gnu.org, Eric Botcazou , Ian Lance Taylor Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <43D69F8C-3FCE-4915-A211-6F04466DB8CB@comcast.net> References: To: Rainer Orth 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/msg00047.txt.bz2 On Mar 12, 2012, at 10:44 AM, Rainer Orth wrote: > Since even extended support for Solaris 8 ends by March 31st, this patch > removes Solaris 8 support from mainline. One of the nice things about gcc is that gcc usually still works, long afte= r 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 d= oesn't have to remove support in gcc for something, just because a vendor d= oesn't support it. That said, truly crufty things, should go.