On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:19:03 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <i...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> We have been stuck on a very old gcc for a long time, due to various reasons. > Partly because old gcc versions were not as terrible as old versions of > cl.exe, and partly to support odd linux platforms where newer gcc versions > were not available. > > It is tempting to raise the bar to get better functionality available on all > platforms. In the end, it is a balance between supporting older platforms, > and getting a better common language level for the code. > > gcc 10 was released 3+ years ago. I guess that is good enough to consider it > a reasonable new minimum. I guess so, but that sounds rather aggressive to me. Sure, you can always install a newer GCC than the system one, but it's another thing that makes it harder for people to build OpenJDK. Having said that, C++17 is nice to have. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14988#issuecomment-1926533675
