[OmniOS-discuss] Query - Update gcc48 to gccXX, which XX?

[Eric Sproul]

On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 4:38 PM, Dan McDonald <danmcd at omniti.com> wrote:
> My question to you all is this:  To which gcc version should we jump?  I see two viable candidates:
>
>         - gcc 4.9.2 (last updated October 2014)
>
> or
>
>         - gcc 5.1 (last updated April 2015)
>
> The current gcc "development" is happening on 6.0, and we're not ready for that.

It should be noted that due to a version scheme change
(https://gcc.gnu.org/develop.html#timeline) 5.1 is what would have
been 4.10.  It's the first stable release in a new major series (5),
with development moving to 6, as Dan pointed out.

Eric