[csw-maintainers] MySQL built with GCC → mysql config vs bindings

[Ben Walton]

Excerpts from Jonathan Craig's message of Mon Jun 25 16:25:59 -0400 2012:

> This issue also affects language packages such as perl, ruby, etc.,
> where end users may wish to compile libraries not supplied by
> OpenCSW.  With studio based packages they must establish an
> environment to support this and we are unable to make this easy on
> them by providing an OpenCSW packaging of studio.  We can and do
> provide gcc and this makes gcc a better choice for these types of
> packages.

In terms of user experience, I think that defaulting to the GNU
compilers is definitely a win.

Thanks
-Ben
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