Would it be possible to revice compat-gcc-32-c++ ? I'm not sure why it was obsoleted in the first place. While I don't think there's much demand for gcc32, g++32 on the other hand is extremely useful because it's the last version of g++ that uses libstdc++.so.5. Currently it is impossible in Fedora to link with libraries that depend on libstdc++.so.5 (or is there another trick?). I've carried around an old compat-gcc-32 SRPM, but it gets tougher and tougher to maintain. thanks :-)
Because we only want to support one full compat compiler. If you have software which can't be built even with the now prehistoric G++ 3.4, then you simply should spend time fixing that up, not carying forever ever increasing set of compat compilers.
Actually if one needs to link with libstdc++.so.5, it's precisely because you don't have the source code anymore. Not because it's closed source, but simply because you don't have access to the source code anymore, or lost the code or whatnot. You'd be surprised how often I've needed g++32 here at work in the past couple of years. It you were to maintain one and only need compat-g++, it would be g++ 3.2, not 3.4, precisely because of the ABI compatibility issue. I'm not sure who you mean by "We" ? I'll go ahead and submit my own compat-gcc-32-c++ RPM, I don't mind maintaing it. I'll only need you to remove the Obsolete: from your packages after it passes review. Thx.
Sorry I didn't like the way I wrote that last paragraph in my last post. I'm assuming the reason you maintain only one compat package is because of the work required to do so ? how much work would you expect would go into maintaining compat-gcc-32-c++ ?