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Re:Usability Improvements in GCC 15 by bluGill on Thursday April 10, 2025 @12:56PM (#43645853)
Venders who use llvm quickly discover the cost of mainaining their own fork is too high and end up contributing back.
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Re:Usability Improvements in GCC 15 by pjmlp on Thursday April 10, 2025 @04:13PM (#43647629)
The point was the whole clang package, and no they don't, plenty of examples.
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Re:Usability Improvements in GCC 15 by LeFantome on Thursday April 10, 2025 @10:25PM (#43649916)
Except they do, plenty of examples (many already provided)
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Re:Usability Improvements in GCC 15 by pjmlp on Friday April 11, 2025 @01:22AM (#43650738)
Examples yes, I provided the examples of everyone taking advantage while not contributing.

I am still waiting for the counter examples regarding clang contributions.

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Re:Usability Improvements in GCC 15 by bluGill on Friday April 11, 2025 @08:29AM (#43653037)
Clang is in git with good tracking of who each contributor is - there are more than 4000.
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