Rant: So you want help?

[Andrius da Costa Ribas]

I think Andrew said it all. No word to add to it.

About compilers: GCC is our free option and the easy way to port libraries
currently available only on linux; MSVC is our best chance for platform
integration; Intel is not free, not even as in free beer on windows; Borland
(AFAIK, and according to http://chadaustin.me/cppinterface.html) is not
binary compatible with MSVC.

IMHO, we don't have many dependency issues with GCC or MSVC. There is no
reason to drop one or other.

2010/11/7 Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer at gmx.at>

> On Sunday, 2010-11-07, Francis Corvin wrote:
> > At 2010-11-06 17:00, Thomas Friedrichsmeier wrote:
> > >Right now one central problem with having a time gap between the
> compilers
> > >is that it will cause serious confusion. Suppose MSVC is at 4.5.3,
> > >while MinGW is
> > >still at 4.4.4. Right now, users will
> > >1. select a mirror
> > >2. select a compiler (let's suppose user choses MinGW, here)
> > >3. select a release (obviously user selects the latest one, i.e. 4.5.3)
> > >4. select packages (but our example user will not see *any* packages,
> > >since there are no MinGW 4.5.3 packages)
> > >
> > >What I am suggesting is that users will
> > >3. select a release _type_ (stable / unstable / nightly)
> > >4. MinGW users will be able to select 4.4.4 packages, MSVC users will
> see
> > >4.5.3 packages.
> >
> > To me the whole idea that users should have to select a compiler is
> > completely ludicrous. How many decent windows installers ask you that
> > sort of question? None. Who cares? No-one, users just want the bloody
> > app. Which user can say what compiler was used for this or that
> > application outside the KDE world? Developer might care, but let's
> > not kid ourselves that it is for any other reason than their own
> > preferences.
>
> AFAIK the main problem is that GCC is like a solitary island that does not
> like to cooperate, i.e. it always creates its own ABI not matter what the
> platform's C++ ABI is.
>
> So you end up having to build all dependencies with GCC if you want one
> application to be built with GCC.
>
> Maybe the things that are currently a problem for MSVC can be built with a
> different compiler but one that is following the platform standard?
> Intel's or Borland's maybe?
>
> Cheers,
> Kevin
> --
> Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer
> KDE user support, developer mentoring
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