Hi László, Thanks for the response.
On 09:13 Wed 13 Jul , László Böszörményi wrote: > Hi Apollon, > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 6:11 PM, Apollon Oikonomopoulos > <apoi...@debian.org> wrote: > > I think MongoDB 2.4 in unstable is already dead enough[1] that we should > > drop it before it gets a chance to build against GCC 6 in a couple of > > months. The attached patch fixes the FTBFS for the 2.6 package in > > experimental by disabling the newly-introduced warnings and patching > > (some) C++11 compatibility, but then again 2.6 will also be EOL by > > October[1]. > Yes, 2.6 has not too many time left. Still I think as a _first step_ > it should be the next upload target. Reasons: > - proven, Ubuntu uses 2.6.11 from experimental without problems, > - easier and safer upgrade from the previous, 2.4 release. > I attach a debdiff for it, which builds with GCC 5.x and 6.y as well. > Please check it if you may have time. I plan to upload it in a week > timeline, maybe sooner if I don't find any problems with it. I'll go ahead and upload the 2.6.12-1 package to unstable shortly, there is no point in delaying it any longer. Apart from Ubuntu, I've been using the 2.6.11 package myself on a daily basis in a production environment for quite some time and I trust that it's stable enough. Regards, Apollon
