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Re: glibc 2.1 and gcc 2.8
- To: Zack Weinberg <zack@rabi.columbia.edu>
- Subject: Re: glibc 2.1 and gcc 2.8
- From: tb@MIT.EDU (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)
- Date: 13 Feb 1999 04:58:34 -0500
- Cc: rms@gnu.org, drepper@cygnus.com, libc-hacker@cygnus.com
- References: <199902130225.VAA29198@blastula.phys.columbia.edu>
Zack Weinberg <zack@rabi.columbia.edu> writes:
> I'm aware of the reasons for the policy that all GNU software should
> be compilable with gcc 2.8. Those reasons are purely political and
> should defer to technical concerns when they arise, as they have here.
I was not aware of this policy at all, however. Where are these
policies written down, so that developers can act in accordance with
them as much as possible?
Thomas