On Saturday 30 June 2012 17:02:27 Alexander Neundorf wrote: > On Thursday, 28. June 2012 14:38:37 viv...@gmail.com 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.
Next Slackware will come with 4.7 (and clang 3.0) so raising the bar for future kde releases shouldn't be a problem there IMHO (based on the fact that there are no official major kde updates for old releases). However, the point of dropping platforms in general remains, I suppose. Grs, Heinz
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