Bumping to GCC6 has a tracking bug:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1444274
This would give us general c++14 capability.

The only blocker I know of is updating Sixgill's (hazard analysis?)
GCC version: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1444543
If there are no other blockers, upgrading our GCC required version may
follow relatively quickly.


On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 1:34 PM, Jeff Gilbert <jgilb...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> The patches have landed. Thanks!
>
> Are we ready to update this page?:
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Using_CXX_in_Mozilla_code
>
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 5:29 PM, Ryan VanderMeulen
> <rvandermeu...@mozilla.com> wrote:
>> While I know I'm tempting fate by sending this out while the patches are
>> still on autoland, I wanted to start giving people a heads-up now that bug
>> 1424281 has been pushed, which will make Visual Studio 2017 15.6 (Update 6)
>> the minimum version required to build Gecko 61+ once it merges to m-c.
>>
>> This change brings a number of improvements over version 15.4, which is
>> what we've been using in automation since Gecko 58, including performance
>> wins and better C++17 support. Release notes for versions 15.5 and 15.6 are
>> linked below with more details:
>> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes-v15.5#a-idlibimprov-a-visual-c-improvements
>> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes#CPlusPlus
>> https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2017/12/19/c17-progress-in-vs-2017-15-5-and-15-6/
>>
>> If you're currently using Visual Studio 2015, you can download the 2017
>> installer from https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/community/. If you already
>> have 2017 installed, you should only need to launch the Visual Studio
>> Installer already on your system and follow the update prompts. Note that
>> the Windows SDK minimum version was also bumped to version 15063 to match
>> what we've been using in automation. It is also installable via the Visual
>> Studio Installer if needed.
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>> -Ryan
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