From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 118BE139694 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 22:52:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CEF8CE0DD1; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 22:51:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 844F5E0D5E for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 22:51:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.2.11] (85.253.85.240.cable.starman.ee [85.253.85.240]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: leio) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DE21534071C for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 22:51:50 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <1492728706.1718.1.camel@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: stable gcc 5.4.0 ?? From: Mart Raudsepp To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 01:51:46 +0300 In-Reply-To: <20170420221753.GB28261@waltdnes.org> References: <20170419182551.GB19805@waltdnes.org> <20170420221753.GB28261@waltdnes.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.22.6 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: ff037eed-0e38-4167-a3e8-c430b42b0715 X-Archives-Hash: cf0ae4aedc38b996ffcb3eec0ca8fd6a Ühel kenal päeval, N, 20.04.2017 kell 18:17, kirjutas Walter Dnes: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 07:36:03AM +0200, Tomas Mozes wrote > > > > The default is new: > > https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2015-10-22-gcc-5-new-c++1 > > 1-abi.html > >   And the news item says... > > > Display-If-Installed: >=sys-devel/gcc-5 > > ...which means that people like me, who currently have 4.9.4, won't > know > about it until after the fact.  Then they'd have to... You will still have 4.9.4 until you unmerge it, and will still use 4.9.4 until you gcc-config to gcc5. > GCC 5.4 Status: 2016-06-03 (regression fixes & docs only). > > GCC 6.3 Status: 2016-12-21 (regression fixes & docs only).  > > GCC 7.1 Status: 2017-04-20 (frozen, all changes require RM approval). > > Development: GCC 8.0 Status: 2017-04-20 (regression fixes & docs > only). Notice how 4.9 isn't even mentioned there as receiving regression fixes or whatnot anymore. >   Maybe we should what many enterprises do with Windows; i.e. skip a > version and go straight to gcc-6. No. Maybe with gcc 5 to 7. Other than that, I am terribly sorry for your inconvenience. But 2014 called and wanted its compiler back :( So we are "bleeding edge" again