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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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