[RFC] raise gcc/make versions for 20.x

[Yousong Zhou]

On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 at 13:11, Petr Štetiar <ynezz at true.cz> wrote:
>
> Paul Spooren <mail at aparcar.org> [2020-12-15 16:26:14]:
>
> Hi,
>
> > I've seen two patches for version raises of build requirements and would
> > like to know if we should merge them before or after 20.x.
> >
> > make: 3.81.x -> 4.1.x
> > gcc: 4.8 -> 6.x
> >
> > I'm in favor to merge both *before* the branch.
>
> it would probably help to know the reason as well. "I'm in favor" might not be
> enough in this almost pre-release stage.
>
> AFAIK that Make version bump fixes an issue with possibly few stray ANSI color
> escapes (workaround is to use NO_COLOR=1 in this case) and \r characters in the
> log file. Is it really that big issue to do this last minute version bump?
>
> FYI that gcc6+ one was NACKed[1] by Yousong and I'm fine with that for 20.12
> release. I plan to rebase/resend that patch once 20.12 is branched.
>
> 1. https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/openwrt/patch/20191112081625.27695-1-ynezz@true.cz/#2301662
>

I still hold the belief that a system such as CentOS could deserve a
work-out-of-the-box experience ;)  But now that CentOS like the old
day is not an option anymore in the future, I say we move on in the
next release.

Regards,
                yousong