Bug 24883 - Is releasing an old gcc version in Mageia 7 a good idea?
Summary: Is releasing an old gcc version in Mageia 7 a good idea?
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: 7
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal enhancement
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Reported: 2019-05-31 03:51 CEST by Adelson Oliveira
Modified: 2019-05-31 07:50 CEST (History)
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Description Adelson Oliveira 2019-05-31 03:51:17 CEST 
Please, allow me to suggest updating gcc to its more recent stable version (9.1) in mageia 7 next release.


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Comment 1 Thomas Backlund 2019-05-31 07:50:08 CEST 
No.

gcc 9 branch still has a lot of issues including miscompilations and causing data corruption on new kernels an so on, so we dont consider it production ready.

Not to mention switching compiler would mean triggering a full distro rebuild and fixing up all the fallout from it. That would cause a huge delay in the release process, and that is a no-go as we are already in release freeze and about to release our release candidate.

We prefer to stick with a compiler that has stabilized properly and will work well for Mageia 7 lifetime.

bigger version number is not always better...

I know some distros have switched to gcc 9, but thats their choice, and they will have to live with it.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => tmb
Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX
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