[cfe-dev] RFC: A proposal to move toward using C++11 features in LLVM & Clang / bounding support for old host compilers

[Óscar Fuentes]

Benjamin Kramer <benny.kra at gmail.com>
writes:

>>> - Ubuntu is on GCC 4.7; LTS is on 4.6
>> (Small nit and what it means for the conversation I don't know)
>> I *just* downloaded and installed Ubuntu (non-LTS) 1-2 weeks ago - I could be mistaken, but gcc out-of-the-box was 4.4 and fully updated it's 4.8.1
>
> Interesting, I thought they only did compiler upgrades on major
> releases. But installing updates is a rather small obstacle compared
> to upgrading your whole system.

I just upgraded to Kubuntu 13.10. For 13.4, gcc was 4.7.? and now is
4.8.1. gcc 4.4 (among other versions) is available on the packages
repository, but not installed by default. The system compiler is
definitely gcc 4.8.1.