[desktop-discuss] SFE binary packages for OpenSolaris

[Laszlo (Laca) Peter]

On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 13:23 -0600, Brian Cameron wrote:
> I'd say we should try to use Sun Studio unless there is a
> compelling reason not to (perhaps the code makes use of
> extensive GCC extensions that would be too much work to
> get working with Sun Studio).

Agreed.  The fun starts when c++ code is involved...

> I'm not sure about 64 bit support.  It's likely more
> important concern for libraries that export interfaces. 

Right.  We normally ship (or should...) 64-bit versions
of libraries.  Quite a few are missing from JDS,
unfortunately.  64-bit executables are only included
if necessary.

Laca