On 09/22/16 20:00, Joseph Myers wrote: > On Thu, 22 Sep 2016, Bernd Edlinger wrote: > >> There is no feasible way how to make all gmp/mpfr/mpc versions from >> minimal to latest build for all targets and all possible >> cross-configurations. >> >> I hope that we do not "recommend" these versions. >> >> They are only the minimum versions for pre-installed packages. > > And personally I think it would by now be reasonable to require MPFR 3.0 > or 3.1 as a minimum version should someone wish to make the various > cleanups mentioned in the April discussion, so avoiding claiming to > support configurations few developers will be testing. (MPFR 3.1 came out > nearly five years ago - 3 Oct 2011.) >
Yes, and we have workarounds for more than just convenience features that are missing in MPFR 2.4. I proposed to remove them in April but Richard was against it. Bernd.
