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Re: gcc4: next release


On Jul  6 21:35, Yaakov S wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 22:07 -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > I'd want to check with Corinna on this but I am mildly opposed to putting
> > this in /opt.  I don't think it makes sense there.  But I haven't been
> > following closely, though.  Where does Debian put these packages?
> 
> I'm working with JonY on this as well.  If DaveK splits out the info and
> l10n into a separate gcc4-common package when he updates to 4.5.x (or
> 4.6 trunk), then JonY can package a similar version for mingw64 and
> depend on that to provide those files.  That, together with one other
> fix, should allow mingw64 to go into /usr.
> 
> The only requirement will be coordinating releases (at least the same
> major.minor) so that l10n will work for mingw64 as well without worrying
> about these collisions.  The alternative is to simply --disable-nls but
> IMO that is less than optimal.

The problem is, where's Dave?  His input would be quite important, but
I didn't see a mail from him for almost a month.

Dave?  You out there?  Just busy, I hope?


Corinna

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