[llvm-dev] [RFC] Increase minimum supported GCC version for building LLVM to 4.8

[Joerg Sonnenberger via llvm-dev]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 04:59:16PM -0700, Pete Cooper wrote:
> Thats an awfully long time between those dates, so i can’t imagine
> everyone being on 4.8.5, but shouldn’t we aim for the highest possible
> one if we’re bumping versions anyway?

I don't know the specific bug history of GCC 4.8.x, but updating to a
different tiny version is *much* less involved, since you typically only
care about codegen fixes.

In case it matters, NetBSD 7.0 ships a January 2015 snapshot of GCC,
between 4.8.4 and 4.8.5.

Joerg