http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60933
--- Comment #7 from Andreas <andreas.enge at inria dot fr> --- As stated in my report, there is no problem with mentioning the minimal versions of helper libraries required to compile gcc. The problem is with actively promoting outdated versions, which can be helped by choosing different wordings, for instance as I suggested in the report. And a worse problem is created by actively pushing outdated versions upon the users via ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/infrastructure/. I do not know the policy of gcc with regards to continuous integration; I think gcc should always be thoroughly tested with the latest versions of its helper libraries, and potential problems be reported upstream; after all, we should help each other out in improving our free GNU software! (But this becomes somewhat off-topic.) Even if you are weary of the latest and greatest version, a position I can understand, you should not actively distribute releases that have been unmaintained for quite a while and contain known bugs. I would like to point out that this position is shared by the current maintainers of GNU MPC (me) and GNU MPFR (Vincent) and the main developer of GNU MP (Torbjörn, see his posting on the gmp mailing list at https://gmplib.org/list-archives/gmp-devel/2014-April/003770.html ). Andreas
