On 15/7/22 09:43, h.vetinari@gmx.com wrote:
> Dear all
>
> ...
>
> I'm proposing to move to GCC 8 as a lower bound. This would allow us to use
> C++17 and fix various issues e.g. around boost. For LLVM I'm not sure we want
> to do that, but for now I've included it as well (based on what we run in CI).
>
> Best regards,
> H.
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I think it makes sense to move to gcc8. gcc8.1 was released May 2, 2018,
over 4 years ago.
This sounds good to me too. I'm aiming to merge the PR to update the toolchain roadmap with this constraint soon.
Cheers,
Ralf