[Buildroot] External toolchain: crosstool-NG instead of buildroot?
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at uclibc.org
Mon Dec 21 20:06:08 UTC 2009
>>>>> "Yann" == Yann E MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at anciens.enib.fr> writes:
Hi,
Yann> Hello Peter, and All!
Yann> On Sunday 20 December 2009 20:50:09 Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>> we had some discussion about working
>> closer together with the crosstool-NG people, E.G. long term perhaps
>> getting rid of toolchain building in BR, and simply use crosstool-NG for
>> it.
Yann> As you mentioned the subject, I think we should prepare both
Yann> projects so crosstool-NG offers all that buildroot needs, and
Yann> maybe tweak a few things in buildroot to efficiently use
Yann> crostool-NG.
Yes definately - Yann, I'm really sorry that I haven't gotten back to
you on your mail from ELCE - Things have been kind of crazy here, but
now holidays are coming up.
Yann> The plans for crosstool-NG are a ~4-month release cycle, as 3
Yann> months is too short for me alone to handle. I think I can adapt
Yann> the release cycle to more closely follow buildroot. In fact, I
Yann> think that, to be efficient, crosstool-NG should be released one
Yann> month ahead of buildroot, so that potential bugs can be fixed and
Yann> a bug-fix release can be made just before the buildroot
Yann> release. That way, buildroot can rely on an as-stable-as-
Yann> possible release. Next crosstool-NG release is due for late
Yann> January, so that should be a match for the next buildroot
Yann> (planned February, I guess).
Yes, that sounds good. Why is a 3 month release schedule significantly
more work than a 4 month one? It should just mean less new development
done per release.
Yann> Apart form that, we could build upon the results of the BR
Yann> developper day. Should I repost my summary to this list?
Yes please do.
Talking about developers day, Thomas and me are trying to arrange
another dev day after FOSDEM (February 8) - Anyone interested?
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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