nealrichardson commented on code in PR #41451: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/41451#discussion_r1596820650
########## r/vignettes/install.Rmd: ########## @@ -28,35 +28,6 @@ For `gcc`, this generally means version 7 or newer. Most contemporary Linux distributions have a new enough compiler; however, CentOS 7 is a notable exception, as it ships with gcc 4.8. -If you are on CentOS 7, to build arrow you will need to install a newer `devtoolset`, and you'll need to update R's Makevars to define the `CXX17` variables. This script installs `devtoolset-8` and configures R to be able to use C++17: Review Comment: The note in the paragraph above also mentions CentOS 7. Maybe we should keep this discussion and say something like, we don't officially support CentOS 7 anymore, but if you want to try building on it, you'll need to: -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
