Dnia 2013-12-19, o godz. 09:58:25
Sven Eden <sven.e...@gmx.de> napisał(a):

> Am Mittwoch, 18. Dezember 2013, 08:54:47 schrieb Michał Górny:
> > This raises the following question: how do we want to do it? I see two
> > possibilities:
> > 
> > a) adding USE=c++11 and USE-deps to all the packages in question,
> > 
> > b) doing the switch via synchronous version bump and matching
> > dependencies.
> >
> (snip)
> > 
> > What are your thoughts?
> 
> I have already switched to C++11 on all my projects ages ago. It offers a 
> lot, 
> and the incompatibilities are rare at best.
> 
> C++11 is the current standard with the next being worked on already.
> What is the rationale for staying with C++03 or (worse) C++98 in the first 
> place? Nothing is gained. Only the need to fix what becomes broken.

I can agree with that but we need a way to get a smooth transition.

> So I'd go the reverse way. Make CXXFLAGS="-std=c++11" the default, and only  
> override this for packages that do fishy stuff and break with it.

How can we do that? I think the only possibility is to patch gcc
and change the default...

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Best regards,
Michał Górny

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