[llvm-dev] Is GCC 4.7 still supported?

[Artyom Skrobov via llvm-dev]

Thanks a lot for the explanation, it all makes sense now.

(For the record, I didn't mean to rush the switch, I just wanted to understand what does it take for the switch to happen.)

Yet the present state, where the docs have been misleading for three months, is very far from ideal.
If 4.7 is going to spend another month or so in a limbo, I suggest updating the docs to say exactly that.


-----Original Message-----
From: Renato Golin [mailto:renato.golin at linaro.org] 
Sent: 17 October 2016 12:40
To: Artyom Skrobov
Cc: Michael Kruse; LLVM Dev; nd
Subject: Re: [llvm-dev] Is GCC 4.7 still supported?

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