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Re: flag day for Solaris portions of config.{guess,sub}
Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr> writes:
> without real numbers one could still argue that this is only a piece
> of wishful thinking.
It might be helpful to have more numbers, but I don't think they would
affect the conclusion that only a tiny fraction of programs are
affected, and the fixes will be relatively easy.
> I think you didn't really take into account the additional burden
> this would place on the shoulders of maintainers. I can speak for
> the GCC side: Solaris is a pain to support, period.
Yes, I understand that. I occasionally have helped with GCC support
on Solaris. I have volunteered to compose a patch for GCC, if that
would help reassure you.
> > However, in past quarters I have had them build GCC, so they were
> > affected.
>
> But were they really affected? I mean, beyond scratching their head for 2
> minutes after seeing the triplet.
2 minutes times 90 students is three hours. And that's just one class
in one quarter at one university. After a while it starts to add up.
We want to encourage newbies, not confuse them.
> it would IMHO be inconsistent to get rid of the Solaris moniker, now
> that GCC only supports Solaris.
A more drastic change to GCC's support for Solaris/SunOS, that changes
most instances of 'Solaris' to 'SunOS', would also work (though it'd
take a bit more time to write). If you'd prefer such a solution I
could propose one along those lines instead. (Obviously I shouldn't
bother doing any of this unless config.guess/config.sub are changed.)