Hi, Can someone please point me to the upstream announcement for dropping gcc 4.7 support? I can't seem to find it, and I'd like to read up on the details why.
Thanks, - Chris On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 05:13:26PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Debian Security Advisory DSA-3148-1 secur...@debian.org > http://www.debian.org/security/ Michael Gilbert > January 31, 2015 http://www.debian.org/security/faq > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Package : chromium-browser > > Security support for the chromium web browser is now discontinued > for the stable distribution (wheezy). Chromium upstream stopped > supporting wheezy's build environment (gcc 4.7, make, etc.), so > there is no longer any practical way to continue building security > updates. > > Chromium users that desire continued security updates are encouraged > to upgrade early to the upcoming stable release (jessie), Debian 8. > > An alternative is to switch to the iceweasel web browser, which will > continue to recieve security updates in wheezy for some time. > > Note that until the official release happens, chromium package updates > for jessie may have a larger than usual delay due to possible bugs and > testing migration rules. > > Also, there will be no more DSAs announcing chromium package updates > until jessie becomes officially released. > > Instructions for upgrading from Debian 7 to 8 are available at: > https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html > > Media for installing Debian 8 from scratch are also available > (the release candidate media, jessie_di_rc1, are recommended): > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/jessie_di_rc1 > > Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply > these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be > found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ > > Mailing list: debian-security-annou...@lists.debian.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1 > > iQQcBAEBCgAGBQJUzVNbAAoJELjWss0C1vRzeJ4f/jOV3x1a3ygWo5ZeLsh4yX2b > IyEvuSzEQJMlwo8gZLNkCDg/6fdwbmatCy/AiSWSIoeQPHBGJ1CRUAoTsxvdPrRd > FYryH5R6L6bO5ADmQxirQb/mTHvvw228EBRhbCjVbjUe+dstRhkwIDz0I39cRd13 > 7UY0KS+GusmviocafghxjTjtsFOVv6HsqzYRCYB2DYTvumiJa/egJHuGqtFTU216 > jUlPzMMvWopI6Gm4rc+L2Q2RZrK03AVr8xygRlYDUoNhOHUxVACtjrrjQJ3UJb5N > 1HJ+A7j6MdHKOvTuHpMDYtxS9d+uwkiAb23VSeb4LxnH3idsQEsMrzXQf6KU1A5p > KBkjwg1G6ZQ2EXG/PLjuYj0O/n7Xyrs0RwyRSWSU3rRqa3pTy4MTvDgFTYcTY7Vj > 6T1kZZZBfBFtOAReFFtDcu9/5LL4qmtC0eGn0Fh3X86V4/gKcOnJ2iRNok0u5d7k > nF4HNcHGIdgQ0tjAW0DMNWfLq9AucAH6rZswnF1XpM5TOZze3M61lE6Y46bT1IHx > LXYeQxf0wY0Dw5StT1zMbyCMNpsFrvts6fcs3STdAdF3+smJ4uys08L+AiTbzTbO > izo07eJylVQJzm31YXdV/M4LAsHZpPtXLntEsfAB5jwMqH+lGhKjy9OwhFhvhDKE > 8FZ4YRXii/RN6ofjcyuzYRfVZx+6rQcgreAFNKGp9XCY3qWdUIIXcGMp9DP7npoA > YXwnJo4AgweGgwUBvk6Ak8J7Pd5ubpMF4DwLT35yE/GgPOMn0Y+159Uzh7gA0LXR > PLL6GbcbfmamkOK3c7/5ulEUUmZ8XNFxBBKPfEN93K3wnep61qjEPeDtiOdeAsiM > yoz6oGYF9PLG5A7N0BK9suTtwESUB7DH7JHW61rZw2sFnnpYvo7dQGvoEUYezICv > 5o/kI+/4EXASCi1hBQBC3auSGPz/Sat9j+mMPHIDo/9g/LrOhB3X2q0C4YaG6Aja > HVKCOW377RYwa8aCmw4XouXeAnlliUzUKUVBrss74Pze0BHbkHQAwhNUYhVsOojb > 4JV5sE/7ooOCduxWuhCG77tKIBxzjGebzz9AllzdcJ6JBcix9v8p1HoVRp8vaDrP > o/hEzjxuU0Y5h+fjoJ9w60t1NkVrYRQA0qoFGK7uvQZfvKLi84aKu9KBmxaXyzvX > 3SCTVAjJ5pOA7Fy1FszLG908rBzrUOBouX2zImw05JnaqZXyxqcCVxGcYlNg5LUf > 4qWPA/BVSY2ZEvP1ZSq5bqvKGi/k8HmBiJ9/ZwJGecGZzn+jVaYrYfZW+n0ZvIdR > +W1u3meH1H+lEqrTmAhK4c/qJAVFXSBSdOuVISYnX5CNixm3uPHOiev0KsSGJtw= > =s8I8 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-announce-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/e1yhgia-0002ro...@alpha.psidef.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150201051501.ga30...@foursquare.net
