[Libreoffice-qa] minutes of ESC call ...

Bjoern Michaelsen bjoern.michaelsen at canonical.com
Mon Jul 2 09:41:03 PDT 2012


On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 06:35:59PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 09:56:32AM +0100, Michael Meeks wrote:
> 
> > * CXX0X-ABI incompatibility can of worms (Bjoern)
> > 	+ gcc 4.7 - cxx0x extension is binary incompatible
> > 		+ incompatible stdlib symbols that bust
> > 		+ http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2012-06/msg00201.html
> > 		+ luck that it worked until now: it was compatible.
> > AA:		+ should disable in our builds by default (Bjoern)
> 
> The linked thread suggests that this is a bug / not intended to have
> gone in GCC 4.7, and that the "right thing" that will be done is bump
> the soname?

That for this time around, but still not fututreproof as gcc clearly states:
The ABI is experimental and will eat your kittens, dont use it for anything
serious. So no, we should not default to it.

Best,

Bjoern


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