[llvm-dev] Is GCC 4.7 still supported?

[Teresa Johnson via llvm-dev]

On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 4:39 AM, Renato Golin via llvm-dev <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> 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.
>

Yep, was just about to ping the proposal when I saw this thread. Think
there was only one objection, that I wanted to follow up on.

Teresa


> 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
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