Opened 17 months ago
Closed 15 months ago
#31526 closed enhancement (fixed)
Drop support for optional packages with system gcc 4.x on ubuntu-trusty, debian-jessie, linuxmint-17, centos-7
| Reported by: | mkoeppe | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | major | Milestone: | sage-9.4 |
| Component: | porting | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | gh-kliem, dimpase | Merged in: | |
| Authors: | Matthias Koeppe | Reviewers: | Dima Pasechnik |
| Report Upstream: | N/A | Work issues: | |
| Branch: | 17ca365 (Commits, GitHub, GitLab) | Commit: | 17ca3657b584162668d305546a6eb797a68c35d8 |
| Dependencies: | #29527 | Stopgaps: |
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Description (last modified by )
ubuntu-trusty 14.04 is long past "standard support" and will reach its EOL in April 2022 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases), but several optional packages do not build on it because of an outdated compiler (gcc 4.x)
debian-jessie (8) is past EOL LTS, with EOL ELTS in June 2022 (https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases). Same situation with gcc 4.x.
linuxmint-17 is past EOL (https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=289281). gcc 4.x
centos-7 has EOL June 2024. gcc 4.x
We switch these systems in the GH Actions CI tests for optional packages to using the gcc_spkg configuration factor.
Next wave:
linuxmint-18with gcc 5.4slackware-14.2with gcc 5.5
Change History (14)
comment:1 Changed 17 months ago by
- Milestone changed from sage-9.3 to sage-9.4
comment:2 Changed 15 months ago by
- Dependencies set to #29527
comment:3 Changed 15 months ago by
- Branch set to u/mkoeppe/drop_support_for_optional_packages_on_ubuntu_trusty__debian_jessie__linuxmint_17__centos_7
comment:4 Changed 15 months ago by
- Cc gh-kliem dimpase added
- Commit set to 85a4449ff6fa2f8571a72e33b1d0f0742b17af5a
- Status changed from new to needs_review
comment:5 Changed 15 months ago by
It's a bit bad for the centos-7 that still is far from EOL.
What's the recommended way around for users on this? -without-system-gcc? Can we test this?
comment:6 Changed 15 months ago by
Then again from what I see the tox-gcc_spkg.yml run is far from stable, so perhaps we do not gain anything by adding it.
comment:7 Changed 15 months ago by
Yes, trying to fix up some gcc_spkg builds (on top of #29703), and then testing optional packages with that could be a possible strategy.
Perhaps we should also add a configure warning if we encounter ancient system gccs, advising users to upgrade their system or at least their toolchain (related: #27853)
comment:8 Changed 15 months ago by
- Status changed from needs_review to needs_work
comment:9 Changed 15 months ago by
- Description modified (diff)
- Summary changed from Drop support for optional packages on ubuntu-trusty, debian-jessie, linuxmint-17, centos-7 to Drop support for optional packages with system gcc 4.x on ubuntu-trusty, debian-jessie, linuxmint-17, centos-7
comment:10 Changed 15 months ago by
- Commit changed from 85a4449ff6fa2f8571a72e33b1d0f0742b17af5a to 17ca3657b584162668d305546a6eb797a68c35d8
Branch pushed to git repo; I updated commit sha1. This was a forced push. New commits:
| 17ca365 | .github/workflows/tox-{optional,experimental}.yml: Switch distributions with gcc 4.x to using gcc_spkg
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comment:11 Changed 15 months ago by
- Status changed from needs_work to needs_review
comment:14 Changed 15 months ago by
- Branch changed from u/mkoeppe/drop_support_for_optional_packages_on_ubuntu_trusty__debian_jessie__linuxmint_17__centos_7 to 17ca3657b584162668d305546a6eb797a68c35d8
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from positive_review to closed
New commits:
tox.ini: Add opensuse-15.3.github/workflows/tox*.yml: Add opensuseMerge #29527.github/workflows/tox-{optional,experimental}.yml: Remove test of distributions with gcc 4.x