Re: RELEASE BLOCKER: Linux doesn't follow x86/x86-64 ABI wrt direction flag

H. Peter Anvin
2008-03-06T20:43:37Z

Robert Dewar wrote:
>>
>> Not really, it's just a matter of time. Typical distro cycles are on
>> the order of 3 years.
>>
>> -hpa
>
> again, in the real world, there are MANY projects that are nothing
> like this interactive when it comes to moving to new versions of
> operating systems.

This is true, but beyond a certain point projects generally accept that
they have to monitor their toolchain dependencies.

-hpa