cmd/6g and friends become cmd/gc

[Dave Cheney]

Hello,

A month or two there was some discussion that by 1.5 cmd/6g and
friends would be merged into a single binary, possibly cmd/gc, in much
the same way cmd/asm was combined.

Is this still on the plan for 1.5 ? If this is a question of time, I
can take a pass at it.

Thanks

Dave

[Rob Pike]

Let's not for 1.5. There's enough churn at the moment and there are more important issues to work on. I'm not even convinced yet that it's a good idea.

-rob

Dave

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[Dave Cheney]

Good to know.

Thanks

Dave

[andrewc...@gmail.com]

Is the motivation just to reduce the distribution size?

[Andrew Ekstedt]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 10:35 PM, <andrewc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is the motivation just to reduce the distribution size?

I think it was more about making cross-compilation easier.

Andrew Ekstedt

[Dave Cheney]

Indeed, and more in keeping with the trend that cmd/asm set.