On Thursday, 28. June 2012 14:38:37 [email protected] wrote: > Il 27/06/2012 23:41, Martin Gräßlin ha scritto: > > On Wednesday 27 June 2012 23:28:30 Ivan Čukić wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I've tested the waters some time ago [1] what would people say if we > >> started asking for more modern compilers. I've stated there I'll start > >> the discussion on k-c-d once we branch out 4.9, so I'm doing as > >> promised. The post was only about kactivities, but the same could be > >> applied to more stuff. > > > > Thanks for bringing up the issue, I actually intended to write a similar > > mail tomorrow to request that applications are allowed to require > > compilers supporting C++11 features. > > actually for stability and feature related to c++11 gcc-4.7 is nearly > the minimum, but in my experience gcc-4.7 is still a bit rough so +1 for > gcc-4.6 > > > So +1 for a minimum requirement of gcc 4.6 or clang 3.1
-1 from me. Latest Slackware release has 4.5, and I would very much prefer if this stays working. I don't see the features mentioned worth dropping platforms. Alex
