[Bug web/60933] Please do not advertise outdated version of gmp, mpfr, mpc
ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org
gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org
Wed Apr 23 15:11:00 GMT 2014
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60933
Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Status|UNCONFIRMED |SUSPENDED
Last reconfirmed| |2014-04-23
CC| |ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org
Ever confirmed|0 |1
--- Comment #1 from Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
> I believe the culprit is gcc too actively promoting the minimally required
> versions of the libraries. It is fine if gcc still compiles with older
> versions, but all communication should point to the most recent releases.
It's common practice to list the minimally required versions of dependencies
for software packages, so I'm not sure why we shouldn't do it for GCC.
Besides, we don't want to force the users to upgrade the libraries if this is
not necessary.
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