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comment:1 by , 15 years ago
Milestone: | 6.4 → future |
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comment:2 by , 15 years ago
For one, many distros use this version. In my option, it would be best to follow the distros and use 7.1.
comment:3 by , 15 years ago
Milestone: | future → 6.4 |
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Han's option is one option. The other distros... well, it would be best to follow their path, so I want this to be for 6.4
And also, I'll have a patch for this soon.
comment:4 by , 15 years ago
Status: | new → assigned |
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comment:5 by , 15 years ago
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Status: | assigned → new |
Until Hans updates his version of stable, we will go with what Hans says is stable.
follow-up: 8 comment:7 by , 14 years ago
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I have sent a personal email to Hans asking him to clarify what he considers to be the stable version of GC on a standard Linux platform. If I receive a response, I'll post it here.
follow-up: 9 comment:8 by , 14 years ago
Replying to randy@…:
I have sent a personal email to Hans asking him to clarify what he considers to be the stable version of GC on a standard Linux platform. If I receive a response, I'll post it here.
And within 10 hours I receive a reply. Here it is verbatim:
Unfortunately, we currently don't have a great story there. I suspect most people will actually be better off with 7.2alpha4 than 6.8 or 7.1. We're trying to finally get 7.2 out. Hans > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Randy McMurchy [mailto:randy@linuxfromscratch.org] > > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 11:18 AM > > To: Boehm, Hans > > Subject: Stable Version of GC > > > > Hello Hans, > > > > I am the Editor of a book named "Beyond Linux From Scratch". > > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/general/gc.html > > > > That is our current page for your GC package. We've stayed at > > the 6.8 release because the information on your web site > > http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/ > > says to use this version as it is considered the most mature > > and stable version. > > > > However, I'm wondering if perhaps the site has not been > > updated recently and that version 7.1 should be considered stable. > > > > Our book's policy is to include building instructions for > > packages that the upstream maintainers consider their stable > > version. Could you clarify for us what you consider to be the > > stable version of GC on a standard Linux platform?
comment:9 by , 14 years ago
A more readable, condensed version:
Replying to randy@…:
Replying to randy@…:
I have sent a personal email to Hans asking him to clarify what he considers to be the stable version of GC on a standard Linux platform. If I receive a response, I'll post it here.
And within 10 hours I receive a reply. Here it is verbatim:
Unfortunately, we currently don't have a great story there. I suspect most people will actually be better off with 7.2alpha4 than 6.8 or 7.1. We're trying to finally get 7.2 out. > > Hans
comment:12 by , 13 years ago
Description: | modified (diff) |
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Summary: | GC 7.1 → GC 7.2alpha4 |
Gotta do what the developer says is "the right thing"
by , 13 years ago
Attachment: | blfs-update_to_gc_7.2alpha4.patch added |
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Should be good enough for merging.
follow-up: 14 comment:13 by , 13 years ago
I've added a new patch to update GC. I didn’t update the build size required, but that's because I don't really measure that anyway. If there is a good way to measure the build size on multipartitioned systems, I'd like to know that.
comment:14 by , 13 years ago
Replying to willimm:
If there is a good way to measure the build size on multipartitioned systems, I'd like to know that.
Build on /tmp and install on temp using DESTDIR. Measure spaced used before and after:
free_now=df -k / | grep / | sed -e "s/ \{2,\}/ /g" | cut -d" " -f3
comment:15 by , 12 years ago
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Status: | assigned → new |
comment:16 by , 12 years ago
Milestone: | 6.7 → current |
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comment:17 by , 12 years ago
Resolution: | → fixed |
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Status: | new → closed |
Even big distros still use 7.1 version. I really don't see the point why would we upgrade to alpha one when, as the developer said, when we suspect that we will be off better. We don't have some requirements that require version > 7.1. Won't fix.
Deferring this until Hans himself recommends to use a version other than the current BLFS version (6.8).
See http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/index.html for futher information.