On Tuesday 16 June 2015 23:37:41 Matthias Klose wrote: > Hi, > > it's time to prepare for GCC 5 as the default compiler in unstable. > Compared to earlier version bumps, the switch to GCC 5 is a bit more > complicated because libstdc++6 sees a few ABI incompatibilities, partially > depending on the C++ standard version used for the builds. libstdc++6 will > support two ABI's, the classic cxx98 ABI (currently in testing/unstable) > and the new cxx11 ABI (currently enabled in experimental as the default > ABI).
Hi Matthias!
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> My goal is to make the GCC version bump in early July, and use the time
> until then to prepare libstdc++6 depending packages to get ready for GCC 5,
> and avoiding version bumps for C++ libraries until this time.
As you already know we the Qt/KDE team, in order to avoid an ABI break, need
to either:
a) Push Qt 5.4.2 to unstable before gcc5 becomes the default compiler. This is
currently not an option due to #787689.
b) Push Qt 5.4.2 to unstable at the same time as gcc5 becomes the default
(well, one or two dinstalls later maybe). If some package gets compiled with
gcc5 and Qt < 5.4.2 in the meantime we can binNMU it.
c) Push Qt 5.4.2 to unstable a couple of days before gcc5 becomes the default.
Once gcc5 becomes the default ask for a give back in armhf.
d) Push Qt 5.4.2 to unstable either by forcing gcc5 as default at build time
or working around the bug. I would definitely would like to avoid this option
as:
- The current Qt stack is comprised of 25 source packages. I don't think me
or my teammates will have the time to hack all of them before beginnings
of July.
- I don't know if some other lib/app that build depends on qt5 will still
have the issue on armhf if we workaround it.
- I don't know what happens if Qt5 gets built against gcc5 but apps against
gcc4.9. Possibly and hopefully nothing, but I just don't know.
My current preference would be acb (totally discarding d), but I'm open to
suggestions too.
Kinds regards, Lisandro.
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