Re: patches to make it compile with very old compilers
"J.R. Mauro" <[email protected]>
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On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Shawn Betts<[email protected]> wrote: >> It doesn't probably run on m68k, m88k, sparc and vax (those are >> still using gcc-2.95). All other archs are using gcc-3.3.5 per >> default, which compiles ratpoison fine, and I doubt someone really >> wants ratpoison (or any window manager) on m68k or m88k. >> >> But I can try to install an old gcc-2.95 into some non-default >> location and see what would need fixing. Or I even reanimate my >> little old sparc classic... > > I think if the changes are not disruptive in terms of functionality > and are perhaps only moderately disruptive in terms of style then > there's no reason not to support old and odd-ball architectures. So > long as someone is willing to actually do the work :). Also, if there's little maintenance cost ;) > > -Shawn > > > _______________________________________________ > Ratpoison-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/ratpoison-devel >