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[Sukneet Basuta <sukneet AT gmail.com>]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Ismael Luceno <ismael.luceno AT gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 14:36:19 -0500
Sukneet Basuta <sukneet AT gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Ismael Luceno
> <ismael.luceno AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Some packages now require a newer GCC to build, we've got at least
> > Webkit 2, which requires GCC 4.7+.
> >
> > I think it's time we merge at least 4.8 into master.
> >
> > So far nothing broke on my systems with gcc 4.8.3, and we're way
> > behind most distributions in this matter.
> >
> > Anyone against doing this?
> >
>
> I'm not necessarily against it, but the reason why we are still on
> gcc 4.6 is because nvidia_driver has an issue with the version of
> xorg in test when compiled with gcc 4.7. Merging devel_xorg_modular
> would solve the issue. http://www.sourcemage.org/issues/376

Though I would love to see xorg-devel merged to test at some point too,
it's not a priority for me right now, and I don't feel particularly
worried about breaking spells in z-rejected, even if the bug is in
xorg-server, as long as it doesn't break any driver in test I'm fine
with it...

BTW, does it break nouveau?

Not that I'm aware of. That said, many people, myself included, prefer nvidia_driver over nouvaeu.

It's entirely possible that it is working now with gcc 4.8 and the latest nvidia_driver. That bug is over 2 years old. I don't have a box with the Xorg version in test to check however.