RE: [avr-gcc-list] WinAVR discontinued ?!?!?

[Weddington, Eric]

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> Weddington, Eric wrote: "Don't worry. There will be a 
> replacement toolchain 
> distribution to take up where WinAVR left off, and it will be 
> free (no 
> cost). It should contain all the tools that you've come to expect."
> 
> Yeah, I figured that from reading the AvrFreaks thread.  It 
> seems odd that 
> news of the demise of WinAVR should escape before news of its 
> replacement, 
> but that sort of thing happens.

Sure. I don't see that as such a big deal, though.


>  Basically, I just need to 
> know what to say 
> to any of my customers that gets wind of this.  As long as it 
> will still be 
> possible to pluck avr-gcc and the associated tools out of the 
> new toolchain 
> and drop them into AVR Studio, I have no worries.

It should be just as easy as it has been, and in the future, it should be even 
easier. ;-)