[oi-dev] libstdc++ locale support on Solaris/OI

[Alasdair Lumsden]

Hi Guido,

On 23 May 2011, at 10:36, Guido Berhoerster wrote:
> * Alasdair Lumsden <alasdairrr at gmail.com> [2011-05-23 01:15]:
>> And lastly, could someone confirm whether the Apache stdcxx C++ library is a viable full alternative to libstdc++ that we could use to avoid the locale issue? If so, does anyone foresee any issues of pairing gcc with libstdc++ to take over from Sun Studio as our compiler of choice for OI (I'm talking theoretically, ignoring the work involved of making everything actually compile with it).
> 
> Apache stdcxx upstream activity has largely ceased after 2008 so
> it is probably not a good idea to commit to a sinking ship. GCC
> libstdc++ and Clang libc++ are actively working on C++'0x support
> so it's only a matter of time until some OSS projects start
> taking advantage of that.

Alrighty - that seems fairly clear cut. I also found:

http://stdcxx.apache.org/status/2011-05.txt

Which strongly confirms stdcxx is dormant, so we can shelve that idea.

Cheers,

Alasdair