On Sun, 2021-05-02 at 13:30 -0500, Segher Boessenkool wrote: > On Sat, May 01, 2021 at 07:41:53PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > Why not raise the minimum gcc compiler version even higher? On Sun, 2021-05-02 at 13:37 -0500, Segher Boessenkool wrote: > Everyone should always use an as new release as practical [] > The latest GCC 5 release is only three and a half years old. You argue slightly against yourself here. Yes, it's mostly a question of practicality vs latest. clang requires a _very_ recent version. gcc _could_ require a later version. Perhaps 8 might be best as that has a __diag warning control mechanism. gcc 8.1 is now 3 years old today.