Bug#763278: wheezy-pu: gcc-4.9/4.9.1-14~deb7u1
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
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> On Sun, 2014-09-28 at 16:00 -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote:
>> chromium 38 is currently planning to drop support for all compilers
>> less than gcc 4.8 (and all clang not built against >= gcc 4.8). So
>> wheezy will soon have no way to compile an up to date chromium.
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> Can we quantify "soon"?
38 will be released in he next couple weeks, which is quite soon.
>> In order to continue providing security updates for chromium in
>> wheezy, I would like to propose a gcc wheezy-pu. I haven't tried to
>> get this working yet, and am sending this to see whether the release
>> team would even consider this.
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> Have you discussed this with the gcc maintainers? What's their opinion
> on the idea, in terms of feasibility and supportability?
Haven't yet, but I'll start a conversation.
Best wishes,
Mike
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