[llvm-dev] Is GCC 4.7 still supported?

[Renato Golin via llvm-dev]

On 17 October 2016 at 12:04, Artyom Skrobov via llvm-dev
<llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> Seeing that the RFC hasn’t got any new responses since Wed 12th, is now the time to declare that the community has accepted the proposal, and to update the docs?
> Or is there any formal deadline for objections to be raised?

Hi Artyom,

5 days of silence is not consensus. One example of this is that you
completely missed the discussion. :)

We don't have an official documented process, but what normally
happens is that we have a few iterations (this is the second) of a few
days/weeks/months apart, and if the iterations are all trouble free,
we announce the switch.

It's purposely vague because different decisions need different time
outs. I expect this one to be quick, given that we haven't cared about
GCC 4.7 enough that is broken for 3 months and no one noticed. But not
that quick.

If this discussion follows the others in the same gist, Teresa will
reply again (or start a new thread), with a more serious subject, and
propose the deprecation of that version. People will +1 and if no one
objects (so far, not many people have done so), it'll be "official",
ie. documents will be updated to reflect the new decision.

>From your side, you can safely stop using GCC 4.7 and rely on 4.8+, as
some of us are protecting 4.8 (due to a number of reasons) by having
buildbots and external validation from 4.8.2 to 4.8.5.

cheers,
--renato