On Thu, 24 Aug 1995 10:54:43 +0200 (DFT)  Daniel Silen wrote:
> Is there a reason why NetBSD uses such old gnu tools?
> Example:
> gcc =3D 2.4.5 , current gnu-version is 2.7.0
> 
> Why? Incompability-reasons, ideological-reasons, or simply lazyness? ( :-) =

Stability of tools is one less variable when kernels go berszerk.  There was
also discussion of this just within the last month if memory
serves.  It's out there in the archives somewhere.

Also there is a good explanation why core doesn't like to bring things 
under GPL into the tree unless they really have to...

See www.netbsd.org and fish around, saw it in there just the other day...