From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29062 invoked by alias); 15 Dec 2013 15:31:38 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 29051 invoked by uid 89); 15 Dec 2013 15:31:37 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 15:31:35 +0000 Received: from int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id rBFFVWb0010227 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 15 Dec 2013 10:31:33 -0500 Received: from host2.jankratochvil.net (ovpn-116-34.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.116.34]) by int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id rBFFVTtV007414 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Sun, 15 Dec 2013 10:31:32 -0500 Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 15:31:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: Ben Longbons Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [C++] System Requirements Message-ID: <20131215153129.GA27931@host2.jankratochvil.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2013-12/txt/msg00025.txt.bz2 On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 01:34:17 +0100, Ben Longbons wrote: > We have already seen the kind of trouble it takes to support old > systems with Python 2.4 Python 2.4 has been recently decided to be discontinued: https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2013-12/msg00402.html > I propose that the minimum "development requirements" is either gcc > 4.6 or 4.7. I find it too strict for GDB even myself, for example RHEL-5 with gcc-4.1 still should be able to build upstream GDB even in some restricted form (such as without the Python mentioned above). There are enough benefits even just with C++03. C++11 etc. extensions still can be done incrementally in the future. There should be first reviewed+accepted patchset, already posted at [PATCH 00/18] -Wc++-compat patches v2.0 https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2013-10/msg00641.html plus then sure many other patches you also suggest in the other mails. Regards, Jan