On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo > > On Sun, 2014-09-28 at 16:00 -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: >> chromium 38 is currently planning to drop support for all compilers >> less than gcc 4.8 (and all clang not built against >= gcc 4.8). So >> wheezy will soon have no way to compile an up to date chromium. > > Can we quantify "soon"?
38 will be released in he next couple weeks, which is quite soon. >> In order to continue providing security updates for chromium in >> wheezy, I would like to propose a gcc wheezy-pu. I haven't tried to >> get this working yet, and am sending this to see whether the release >> team would even consider this. > > Have you discussed this with the gcc maintainers? What's their opinion > on the idea, in terms of feasibility and supportability? Haven't yet, but I'll start a conversation. Best wishes, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CANTw=moyxkwflj4+xpyyo_+wpurs3ovtxlpyf4guan+xkus...@mail.gmail.com
