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Message-ID: <47D0560D.4090800@zytor.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:37:33 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Robert Dewar <dewar@...core.com>
CC: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>, Jakub Jelinek <jakub@...hat.com>,
NightStrike <nightstrike@...il.com>,
Olivier Galibert <galibert@...ox.com>,
Chris Lattner <clattner@...le.com>,
Michael Matz <matz@...e.de>,
Richard Guenther <richard.guenther@...il.com>,
Joe Buck <Joe.Buck@...opsys.com>, Jan Hubicka <hubicka@....cz>,
Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@...el32.net>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gcc@....gnu.org
Subject: Re: RELEASE BLOCKER: Linux doesn't follow x86/x86-64 ABI wrt direction
flag
Robert Dewar wrote:
>>
>> Not really, it's just a matter of time. Typical distro cycles are on
>> the order of 3 years.
>>
>> -hpa
>
> again, in the real world, there are MANY projects that are nothing
> like this interactive when it comes to moving to new versions of
> operating systems.
This is true, but beyond a certain point projects generally accept that
they have to monitor their toolchain dependencies.
-hpa
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