[indiana-discuss] Including Sun Studio cc with Indiana

[Glynn Foster]

Stephen Lau wrote:
> Alberto Ruiz 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)?
> 
> I thought I had read that they were intending it to be a fully freely
> redistributable distribution; as of now, it can't be fully open source
> due to the required closed binaries.

Long term, yes, absolutely - completely open and free bits. Do I think we'll
have to make some short term compromises to be able to get something out as soon
as possible? Yes, absolutely.


Glynn