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[Ismael Luceno <ismael.luceno AT gmail.com>]

On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 14:36:22 -0600
David Kowis <dkowis AT shlrm.org> wrote:
> On 11/24/2014 02:09 PM, Ismael Luceno 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...
> 
> Just my humble opinion, if I still used smgl on my desktop, that'd be
> a deal breaker for me. Arguably the nvidia_driver is very commonly
> used, and actually a reasonably well built driver.
> 
> I'd rather see the xorg-devel merged in also, otherwise we're just
> going to build a larger gap, imho.
> 

Indeed, it would be good to first merge xorg-devel, but that means a
lot more testing.

We're stagnating, and that's a much bigger problem...

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