Re: Bug#763278: wheezy-pu: gcc-4.9/4.9.1-14~deb7u1

[Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk> schrieb:
> On 2014-10-01 13:25, Moritz Mühlenhoff wrote:
>> Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk> schrieb:
>>>> The alternative is to drop chromium security support for wheezy way 
>>>> too soon.
>>> 
>>> They're not the only alternatives. Granted, they may be the only ones
>>> which you're willing to support.
>> 
>> What other alternatives do you have in mind?
>
> Well, someone could attempt to persuade upstream to delay the change, or 
> work on fixing things up to work with 4.7 where required.
>
> I didn't say they were great alternatives, simply that they exist.

Unfortunately they're not viable: Upstream wants to use C++11 features
and even if someone were to start on a Debian-specific patchset it
would only get bigger with every new Chromium release (and they make
new releases every few weeks).

Cheers,
        Moritz