m68k at risk of being dropped from gcc 11
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m68k at risk of being dropped from gcc 11
The m68k backend is at risk of being dropped from gcc release 11. It uses some old conventions, and needs to be updated.
There's a bounty open, currently 5,3k $:
https://www.bountysource.com/issues/807 ... e-releases
Having a modern gcc is very useful for Gen development. Perhaps folks here want to chip in, or to try the conversion & earn the bounty?
There's a bounty open, currently 5,3k $:
https://www.bountysource.com/issues/807 ... e-releases
Having a modern gcc is very useful for Gen development. Perhaps folks here want to chip in, or to try the conversion & earn the bounty?
Re: m68k at risk of being dropped from gcc 11
m68k has been saved.
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Re: m68k at risk of being dropped from gcc 11
With as much money as that bounty had, SOMEONE was going to do it.
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Re: m68k at risk of being dropped from gcc 11
Oh ok, you did it
Re: m68k at risk of being dropped from gcc 11
Shame I can't get it to show what was the final bounty amount (I'm probably doing something stupid?). I remember it had reached $6000 some days before it was claimed.
Sik is pronounced as "seek", not as "sick".
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Re: m68k at risk of being dropped from gcc 11
Wasn't me. I did look into it, but it got claimed before I could even start. I imagine someone who works on gcc a lot and is familiar with the internals did it. Compilers are complex beasts, and gcc is one of the more complex out there.
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Definitely very complex, as you said i guess it's someone with had already hands in GCC code. Even for 10000$ i don't know if i would have tried as i've absolutely no experience with GCC compiler code.