On 05/09/2012 05:57 PM, Jon Masters wrote:
More broadly though, I feel that GCC is well represented in terms of
engineering knowledge but I'm *concerned* that we run the risk of
growing a dependence on LLVM that is more critical than the LLVMpipe
stuff. Before we can blink, we might need LLVM for building lots of
other fundamental stuff. I am wondering if as a distribution we ought to
have an official FESCo-debated position on LLVM use? I do not think
Fedora has the resources to maintain two critical toolchain pieces. I do
think LLVM is useful, etc. BUT its growing use is concerning.
Putting that another way, if we carried eglibc in Fedora, there would be
cries and shouts if a large number of packages started requiring it
because we have folks that maintain GLIBC. I feel LLVM is a similar
piece of critical technology that we should not need for critpath.
Jon.