From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9612 invoked by alias); 12 Mar 2012 18:49:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 9566 invoked by uid 22791); 12 Mar 2012 18:49:45 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from snape.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (HELO smtp-relay.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE) (129.70.160.84) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:48:53 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-relay.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25B665E2; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:48:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp-relay.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (malfoy.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id PX3Ubn2KqFmG; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:48:50 +0100 (CET) Received: from manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE [129.70.161.120]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp-relay.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A74D45E1; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:48:50 +0100 (CET) Received: (from ro@localhost) by manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (8.14.5+Sun/8.14.5/Submit) id q2CImnA5025210; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:48:49 +0100 (MET) From: Rainer Orth To: Mike Stump Cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, libstdc++@gcc.gnu.org, java-patches@gcc.gnu.org, Eric Botcazou , Ian Lance Taylor Subject: Re: Remove obsolete Solaris 8 support References: <43D69F8C-3FCE-4915-A211-6F04466DB8CB@comcast.net> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:49:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <43D69F8C-3FCE-4915-A211-6F04466DB8CB@comcast.net> (Mike Stump's message of "Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:37:32 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (usg-unix-v) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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/msg00049.txt.bz2 Mike Stump writes: > 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 > 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. No need to tell me, that's why I've been keeping the IRIX and OSF ports going for so long, sort of like an OS archaeologist :-) But both for those and Solaris 8, the time has come where maintaining them is more trouble than it's worth, as can be seen by the contortions I had to go through to even find a machine still capable of running Solaris 8/x86. Rainer -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University