Re: GCC 4.3 support and language features

[Gerald Pfeifer]

On Sun, 12 Nov 2023, Fabian Maurer wrote:
> For those not in the loop: The question came up what GCC version is the 
> oldest supported one, and which language features can't be used in Wine.

I recommend we do not cater to versions of GCC that have been end of life 
for an extended period of time.
> Although ongoing gcc 4.3 support is probably a bit of work, since most people 
> don't test against gcc 4.3 compatibility so there's some "regressions" from 
> time to time.

GCC 4.3 went end of life mid 2011.
> Or just cap it at 4.8 which currently works.

GCC 4.8 went end of life mid 2015.

The oldest GCC release series I would remotely consider supporting is GCC 
8 which wend end of life mid 2021, though it's really not unreasonable to 
focus on GCC 11 and later.

Gerald