April 29, 2018 12:45 PM, "Adrien Destugues" <pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 05:38:57PM +0000, Alexander von Gluck IV wrote:
The assumed roadmap for R2 and beyond is:
* 32-bit x86_gcc2 *if* there is big demand.
* 64-bit x86_64.
* x86_gcc2 secondary if ever complete.
There is no roadmap for R2 yet. Everyone may have different assumptions.
For example, R2 could be:
x64_64 with R2 API
* Either one of:
- x86_64 secondary with R1 API
- x86 secondary with R1 API (for software that did not make it to 64bit yet)
* no gcc2 at all
So where would x86 under x86_64 fit in? Even on Linux which
had a long 32-bit x86 history, the only time most people run
32-bit is for old pre-compiled stuff like games. Haiku doesn't
really have much pre-compiled 32-bit x86 software that can't
be recompiled.
I'd like to see this reverted unless there is a need.
It may be easier to first get a full gcc5 32/64bit system working first,
and then see about how we can fit gcc2 in. It also makes things somewhat
easier because in principle, the _x86 packages should be the same for
x86_gcc2 and x86_64 primary arch, so basically we have all the packages
available and built to test this way already.
I don't think there's a need for revert at this point. This doesn't get
in the way of anything.