[Angstrom-devel] Toolchain roadmap for Angstrom-core

[Koen Kooi]

Op 9 aug. 2011, om 17:29 heeft Khem Raj het volgende geschreven:

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> On 08/09/2011 01:38 AM, Koen Kooi wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> For angstrom-core we currently have the following configs:
>> 
>> 2011.x: gcc:		4.5.x binutils:	2.20.x eglibc:	2.12
>> 
>> bleeding: gcc:		4.6.x binutils:	2.21.x eglibc:	2.13
>> 
>> With the october release of OE-core coming up it makes a lot of sense
>> to start thinking of the toolchain roadmap. Do we want to keep the
>> current one and move the bleeding into the master config after the
>> release or do we want to update e.g. eglibc to 2.13 before the
>> release.
>> 
>> And better ideas for release names and numbers are appreciated as
>> well.
> 
> I think. We can use eglibc 2.13 release. Since 2.13 has been tested
> quite a bit and does not have any radical features it should be
> relatively safe.
> 
> I would propose bintutils 2.21.x as well if there is no dependency on
> 2.20.x anymore but its medium risk

2.21.x breaks with 'old' kernels on armv7a, so I'd like to have the october release work with those and introduce the breakage after that.