Toolchain Roadmap

Status

• Created: Date(2005-04-24T00:11:33Z) by MattZimmermanBR

• Priority: NeedsPriorityBR

• People: MatthiasKloseLead, JeffBaileySecondBR

• Contributors: MattZimmermanBR

• Interested: BR

• Status: BrainDump, BreezyGoal, UduBof, DistroSpecificationBR

• Packages: BR

• Depends: BR

• UduSessions: 1, 4, 8, etc BR

Introduction

Review toolchain status and strategy for Breezy

Rationale

Scope and Use Cases

• gcc-4.0
• g++-4.0 and associated ABI transition
• glibc 2.3.5

Implementation Plan

Data Preservation and Migration

Packages Affected

User Interface Requirements

Outstanding Issues

UDU BOF Agenda

• Status update (some work will be done prior to UDU)
• C++ ABI transition plan (if transitions are still pending)
• libssp and GCC 4.0 ?

UDU Pre-Work

• Transition plan http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/BreezyToolchainTransition

• Prepare packages of GCC-4.0 (currently in experimental), glibc (Done, uploaded)
• PowerPC64 biarch support

• Import of known FTBFS GCC-4.0 reports from unstable, for universe see http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/UniverseCxxTransition (Done)

• Determine order of library updates