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Re: Question about gcc-mingw package renaming
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> [snip]
> However, the question is if it provides more value to have a
> gcc/{gjc,gcc,f77} and mingw/{gcc,gcj,f77} etc. or a
> gcc/{mingw/{gcj,gcc,f77},gcc,f77} .
>
> I don't really know. I think I'd have a mild personal preference for
> seeing things sorted like:
>
> gcc
> gcc-mingw
> gcj
> gcj-mingw
>
> over
>
> gcc
> gcj
> gdb
> .
> .
> .
> mingw-gcc
> mingw-gcj
>
> but I wouldn't object if you disagreed. It would be interesting to
> see what others think.
>
> I do sort of like the idea of extending the current mingw directory
> to include other mingw packages as needed but the gcc stuff isn't
> really a mingw package. It is a cygwin program that produces mingw
> objects. That's a subtle difference.
>
> >Then the package names would be gcc-g++-3.3.1-3.tar.bz2, ... and
> >gcc-g++-mingw-3.3.1-3.tar.bz2, ...
> >
> >Would be easier for Joe User if the MinGW packages are easy to identify
> >with the mingw prefix.
>
> See above. I think that's an "it depends". If I was looking for gcc
> and knew about mingw, I might expect to find a gcc-mingw package.
>
> However, I would be interested in hearing the consensus on this one.
> cgf
I agree with Chris here. IMO, gcc-mingw is a cross-compiler targeting the
"mingw architecture". I have seen packages on Linux named "gcc-<arch>",
so I think gcc-mingw is more appropriate (where "gcc" alone assumes
"gcc-cygwin", or even "gcc-i686-pc-cygwin").
Igor
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