Compiler version

[Heinz Wiesinger]

On Saturday 30 June 2012 17:02:27 Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> On Thursday, 28. June 2012 14:38:37 vivo75 at gmail.com wrote:
> > Il 27/06/2012 23:41, Martin Gräßlin ha scritto:
> > > On Wednesday 27 June 2012 23:28:30 Ivan Čukić wrote:
> > >> Hi all,
> > >> 
> > >> I've tested the waters some time ago [1] what would people say if we
> > >> started asking for more modern compilers. I've stated there I'll start
> > >> the discussion on k-c-d once we branch out 4.9, so I'm doing as
> > >> promised. The post was only about kactivities, but the same could be
> > >> applied to more stuff.
> > > 
> > > Thanks for bringing up the issue, I actually intended to write a similar
> > > mail tomorrow to request that applications are allowed to require
> > > compilers supporting C++11 features.
> > 
> > actually for stability and feature related to c++11 gcc-4.7 is nearly
> > the minimum, but in my experience gcc-4.7 is still a bit rough so +1 for
> > gcc-4.6
> > 
> > > So +1 for a minimum requirement of gcc 4.6 or clang 3.1
> 
> -1 from me.
> Latest Slackware release has 4.5, and I would very much prefer if this stays
> working.
> 
> I don't see the features mentioned worth dropping platforms.

Next Slackware will come with 4.7 (and clang 3.0) so raising the bar for 
future kde releases shouldn't be a problem there IMHO (based on the fact that 
there are no official major kde updates for old releases).

However, the point of dropping platforms in general remains, I suppose.

Grs,
Heinz
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