Re: [patch 00/2] improve .text size on gcc 4.0 and newer compilers

Arjan van de Ven
2005-12-30T08:05:25Z

> Can't we elect a recommended gcc version that distro makers could
> ship under the name kgcc as it has been the case for some time,

speaking as someone who used to work for a distro: this sucks for
distros. Shipping 2 compilers is NOT fun. Not fun at all! It's double
the maintenance, actually more since 1 of the 2 is only used in 1
package, so it gets a lot less testing.