[Gdal-dev] Supported Compiler

[Mateusz Loskot]

Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> Tamas Szekeres wrote:
>> #1 In my opinion if we declare a compiler as 'supported' we should
>> at least make regular tests  with it. It's not enough that someone
>> has managed to compile the code on that compiler/platform at a
>> given time. What happens if a subsequent change works pretty well
>> on some platform but breaks the compilation on another (we can find
>> some examples for this kind of issue in the recent days). It's
>> fairly unconvenient to wait for a bug report from someone who uses
>> that compiler/platform and trying to find which changes caused the
>> problem. I can eventually say that the supported compilers should
>> be part of the gdal buildbot configuration.
> 
> Tamas,
> 
> I agree that if declare something supported we need to at least be 
> testing it before releases, and including any details in the wiki 
> needed to work with it. I don't feel we need to include buildbot 
> configurations for them all.

Frank, Tamas,

This Frank's opinion I had in mind when I said that I'm pretty sure
SUNpro and MIPSpro work and can be considered as supported,
because Frank keeps an eye on it.

Cheers
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Mateusz Loskot
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