From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RzyMu-0003JF-Bw for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:39:32 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 006D2E1A8B; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:39:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f181.google.com (mail-wi0-f181.google.com [209.85.212.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 310A9E1A71 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:38:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhi8 with SMTP id hi8so4552189wib.40 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:38:53 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of antarus@scriptkitty.com designates 10.180.79.229 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.180.79.229; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of antarus@scriptkitty.com designates 10.180.79.229 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=antarus@scriptkitty.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.180.79.229]) by 10.180.79.229 with SMTP id m5mr29685418wix.6.1329863933500 (num_hops = 1); Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:38:53 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.79.229 with SMTP id m5mr24713760wix.6.1329863933380; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:38:53 -0800 (PST) Sender: antarus@scriptkitty.com Received: by 10.227.60.65 with HTTP; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:38:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1329816398.2868.1.camel@belkin4> References: <1329770054.21166.12.camel@belkin4> <20120220190313.57892cfa@gentoo.org> <4F42F0AA.50004@gentoo.org> <20120220200220.3a54d88a@gentoo.org> <1329816398.2868.1.camel@belkin4> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:38:53 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: z2kEz6u8zMfPsyrWgwJKKIYywps Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: About gcc-4.6 unmasking From: Alec Warner To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQms44OI0RRJvWe5UJPvZIuxPbHpVZO9RcB8u9gi8JwJQ3K30eehbyoYUIu+Avl9iOKH6q/o X-Archives-Salt: 3ce462a1-133e-40d9-b28e-856169ca0980 X-Archives-Hash: d83eb51b269df8d83cb53e08468da6ce On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Pacho Ramos wrote: > El lun, 20-02-2012 a las 20:02 -0600, Ryan Hill escribi=C3=B3: >> On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:17:30 -0800 >> Zac Medico wrote: >> >> > On 02/20/2012 05:03 PM, Ryan Hill wrote: >> > > On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:34:14 +0100 >> > > Pacho Ramos wrote: >> > > >> > >> I don't know if this has been discussed before but, what issues are >> > >> preventing us from unmasking gcc-4.6 (and think on a near >> > >> stabilization)? >> > >> >> > >> I have read hardmask message but it simply explains that it's maske= d for >> > >> testing purposes :-/ >> > > >> > > Grub is the only blocker. =C2=A0I don't want to unmask something tha= t makes >> > > people's systems unbootable. >> > > >> > > I'm also out of ideas and open to suggestions. >> > >> > Stabilize grub-1.99, and modify the grub-0.9x ebuilds to die if they >> > can't find a supported compiler. >> >> What's the state of 1.99? =C2=A0I know someone was working on it recentl= y. =C2=A0We'd >> also have to update the handbooks. =C2=A0I think it could be several mon= ths of >> work to get it ready, and I'd like to unmask 4.6 last September. >> >> > > As looks like fixing old grub is far away because nobody know what is > causing that issues, probably trying to get grub-1.99 ready for > stabilization would be interesting (we will need to do that sooner or > later anyway) Ubuntu has used grub2 for 3 years, I am considering working on making it stable for at least x86 / amd64. -A