> ...C++14 is supported since gcc 5 and this one was released five years ago. I think it is reasonable to require a compiler from 2015...
I believe Scintilla is using C++17 features, so probably more like 2016-2018 for GCC, depending on which features Scintilla uses. > Users who compile Geany themselves and use systems which are older than this, > have to stick also with an older version of Geany. Not necessarily. They can still use the latest greatest Geany, they just have to install an extra toolchain/stdlib in addition to the one that their distro ships with. It's more effort, but it's not exactly rocket science. > I would not vote for maintaining a LTS release. :+1: -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/2519#issuecomment-636394256
