Re: macOS/GCC support policy

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2019 12:02:56 +0100
> From: Alan Third <address@hidden>
> Cc: Philipp Stephani <address@hidden>, address@hidden,
>       address@hidden
> 
> On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 06:05:20PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > 
> > Why does Emacs need AppKit/AppKit.h?  If this is for some important
> > functionality, and if we cannot find a compatible replacement, I guess
> > the conclusion is that we cannot build Emacs on macOS with GCC due to
> > the Apple system headers.
> 
> Appkit is, basically, the NextStep GUI toolkit, so we need it.

So basically, this means GCC cannot be currently used to compile any
non-trivial NS GUI application, is that right?

Is there any ETA on GCC support for the current NS GUI?  Is anyone
working on that, to the best of your knowledge?