On Sun, May 02, 2021 at 01:00:28PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > 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. I don't? > 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. I have no idea what you mean? > gcc 8.1 is now 3 years old today. And there will be a new GCC 8 release very soon now! The point is, you inconvenience users if you require a compiler version they do not already have. Five years might be fine, but three years is not. Segher
