Do anybody know, if there is a roadmap of Suns compiler as OSS?
Hi!
I have read at
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/result.xhtml?url=/newsticker/meldung/90435
that Sun plans to publish version 12 of Sun Studio for Linux and Solaris free of charge on 4.6.2007 at
http://developer.sun.com/sunstudio
This also then includes again its C/C++ and Fortran Compiler for Linux and Solaris.
I have also heard, that Sun plans to make its compiler, with which (Open)Solaris is compiled, also OpenSource.
Do you know, if it is right, that Suns compiler will be OpenSource in the future?
And do you know, if there existing a roadmap, in which year this will be?
Greatings
theuserbl
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theuserbla] at [2007-11-27 6:13:50]
# 1
Currently there is no timetable for releasing Sun Studio as Open Source, although we plan to do so in some future release. Two major categories of issues have to be addressed (and I'm over-simplifying the issues):
Technical: the build process is tied into the local machine environment, and you must build nearly all of Sun Studio to build any of it. These interconnections need to be teased apart.
Legal: Some parts of Sun Studio are licensed from 3rd parties, and we do not have the right to make the source code publicly available.
# 2
I hope you'll get these solved eventually; I already got the Linux version of the C compiler
to build native MirBSD binaries (the compiler itself runs in the emulation); as it supports
sparc and i386, our only two platforms, GCC finally has become replacable ;-)
Take your time especially separating the command-line tools from the rest :) But good to
know the rumours are true.
