From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 71216 invoked by alias); 20 Oct 2016 19:57:18 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 70630 invoked by uid 89); 20 Oct 2016 19:57:17 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=H*r:51287, Our, policy, our X-HELO: eggs.gnu.org Received: from eggs.gnu.org (HELO eggs.gnu.org) (208.118.235.92) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 20 Oct 2016 19:57:07 +0000 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bxJSX-0006jd-R1 for gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Thu, 20 Oct 2016 15:57:05 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:51287) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bxJSX-0006jX-NF; Thu, 20 Oct 2016 15:57:01 -0400 Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1870 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bxJSW-0003tz-EH; Thu, 20 Oct 2016 15:57:01 -0400 Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 19:57:00 -0000 Message-Id: <83zilyssjk.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Pedro Alves CC: gdb-patches@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <5d698ef7-caa8-7130-4413-79c6dcb85f22@redhat.com> (message from Pedro Alves on Thu, 20 Oct 2016 20:41:39 +0100) Subject: Re: C++11 (abridged version) Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <4300d24a-8711-c5de-79ce-7c530162288c@redhat.com> <83d1iuu9i0.fsf@gnu.org> <73e72f21-8acf-1332-08f3-c2c92448c7b8@redhat.com> <5d698ef7-caa8-7130-4413-79c6dcb85f22@redhat.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-10/txt/msg00619.txt.bz2 > Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org > From: Pedro Alves > Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 20:41:39 +0100 > > Here's a straw man proposal for the policy text: > > When is GDB going to start requiring C++NN ? > > Our general policy is to wait until the oldest compiler which > supports C++NN is at least 3 years old. > > Rationale: We want to ensure reasonably widespread compiler availability, > to lower barrier of entry to GDB contributions, and to make it easy for users > to easily build new GDB on currently supported stable distributions themselves. > 3 years should be sufficient for latest stable releases of distributions to > include a compiler for the standard, and/or for new compilers to appear as > easily installable optional packages. Requiring everyone to build a compiler > first before building GDB, which would happen if we required a too-new compiler, > would cause too much inconvenience. > > WDYT? Fine with me, thanks.