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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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