11 Apr
2012
11 Apr
'12
2:18 p.m.
Generally the gcc changes are to provide for the
future,
unfortunately not giving that much weight to the past. No we are not the only
large project affected, but we are hit especially hard due to the small
manpower-to-codebase_size of this project. Where other large
projects, k4, gnome, etc.. may have hundreds of developers to help with
changes, we have a relative few.
This the overwhelming attitude throughout free/libre software developers: screw backwards
compatibility. Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead with bleeding edge!
I understand the reasoning: much less overhead and tighter code. Yet idealism seldom
satisfies reality. Backwards compatibility is necessary.
Darrell