[indiana-discuss] Including Sun Studio cc with Indiana

[Shawn Walker]

On 14/06/07, Fintan Ryan <fintanr at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On this regard, I would like to ask Glynn and Ian; is Indiana intended to be
> > a fully open source distribution? If so, are we going to package the Sun
> > compilers? Are we going to use it just to create the binaries? Are we going
> > to use gcc until Sun releases the compilers as open source somtime in the
> > future (I don't even know if there are any plans on release the compilers
> > though)?
>
> Personal take (and that of at least a few others that I have talked
> too, but I'll let them point up), create the binaries with the best
> compiler available, which in this case is Studio, but make sure it can
> be built from scratch with gcc as well.
>
> As it stands ON compiles with both so its not a big deal.

Definitely agreed. I strongly prefer studio, and think it generates
better code, so I prefer to use the "right tool."

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Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
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