Greg Earle said:

>I'm running 1.4.2 on an SS20/71 at home and 1.3.3 on an SS20/71 at work.
>
>Is there any compelling reason to upgrade either to 1.4.3, on the SPARC
>platform?  Other than the -fPIC vs. -fpic issue with /usr/lib/c++rt0.o being
>changed, I couldn't really see any major SPARC-specific changes to compell me
>to upgrade to 1.4.3.  I get the feeling that 1.5 should be out (when?) Real
>Soon Now, and with the changeover to ELF, that will require a big effort (total
>reinstall), so it feels like maybe that's the best thing to wait for before
>upgrading.  Is that the general consensus?

It's a toss-up. I acquired a SS4/70 and decided it was time to
go ELF. I've been running 1.5_ALPHA2 for 63 days, and it has been
solid as a rock.
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