There's no release dates that I know of. For debian, you can always get 'testing' repos included and then cherrypick clang3.3+ or g++4.8+ from those repositories. It's a bit hairy but not beyond the average developer. I think, as always, clear communication in the ./configure step is key. Though I'd stay away from explicit instructions given the range of distributions out there :)
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Benjamin Mahler (JIRA) <j...@apache.org>wrote: > > [ > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MESOS-750?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13914836#comment-13914836] > > Benjamin Mahler commented on MESOS-750: > --------------------------------------- > > We definitely don't want to alienate contributors or users, a few > questions: > > # Approximately how long will it take for Debian stable to bundle gcc > 4.8.x? Looks like [no release date|http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/] > is set? It looks like Ubuntu 14 LTS is slated for [mid-2014| > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS], which will [include 4.8.x| > http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/gcc]. Those on Ubuntu 13.10 are ok as > well. > # Can those on Ubuntu 12.10 obtain gcc 4.8 in a sane way? Ditto for > Debian. If we can guide them with clear instructions at ./configure time > that would certainly ease the pain. However, the run-time libraries are > still in question. > > > Require compilers that support c++11 > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Key: MESOS-750 > > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MESOS-750 > > Project: Mesos > > Issue Type: Improvement > > Reporter: Benjamin Mahler > > Labels: technical_debt > > Fix For: 0.19.0 > > > > > > Requiring C++11 support will provide substantial benefits to Mesos. > > Most notably, the lack of lambda support has resulted in a proliferation > of continuation style functions scattered throughout the code. Having > lambdas will allow us to reduce this clutter and simplify the code. > > This will require carefully documenting how to get Mesos compiling on > various systems to make this transition easy. > > > > -- > This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA > (v6.1.5#6160) >
