EdgyPlusOneToolchainRoadmap

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 * How does this stand with enabling --as-needed linking in Edgy+1?
 It would greatly decrease the loadtimes for applications not to mention make the linker work the way it should. I have tried linking a basic system using this option using Gentoo and there are very few issues, it would definately be worth considering enabling it at some point in the near future.

Summary

Plans for the toolchain to be ready when Edgy+1 opens the archives

Rationale

Use cases

Scope

Implementation

  • testing: Rebuild a current edgy archive using the proposed toolchain for edgy+1 for all release architectures; requires LP/Soyuz support.
  • powerpc/sparc: glibc/gcc: configure using --enable-long-double-128
  • Upstream versions
    • glibc-2.4.x
    • binutils-2.17.x
    • gcc-4.2.x
      • tune with -mtune=generic by default
    • gcj-4.2.x, follow the development of the ecj branch for 1.5 language and runtime features

Code

Data preservation and migration

Outstanding issues

  • removal of compilers for additional languages that should not
    • be available in main. just splitting out these compilers drops the specs for the gcc driver as well. find a way to build a subset of compilers, but keep support for all available compilers in the cpp/gcc drivers. Is it worth splitting out these compilers (currently gnat-4.1)
  • check how -mtune=generic behaves on amd processors
  • check time frame for glibc-2.5

BoF agenda and discussion

  • How does this stand with enabling --as-needed linking in Edgy+1? It would greatly decrease the loadtimes for applications not to mention make the linker work the way it should. I have tried linking a basic system using this option using Gentoo and there are very few issues, it would definately be worth considering enabling it at some point in the near future.

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