[OE-core] Query about the toolchian version of Yocto 1.9

[Luo Zhenhua]

Thanks a lot. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Khem Raj [mailto:raj.khem at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 1:48 PM
> To: Robert Yang
> Cc: Luo Zhenhua-B19537; OE-core
> Subject: Re: [OE-core] Query about the toolchian version of Yocto 1.9
> 
> 
> > On Jul 14, 2015, at 9:51 PM, Robert Yang <liezhi.yang at windriver.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 07/15/2015 11:41 AM, Luo Zhenhua wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I can see that there are recipes of 3 gcc version(4.8, 4.9, 5.1) in
> >> master branch of Yocto, may I know which one will be officially
> >> supported by Yocto 1.9 release? Will the other versions be tested and
> supported?
> >
> > What I know is, gcc 4.8 is a backup, 4.9 is the default one atm, 5.1
> > is on going, and when switch to gcc 5.1, the 4.8 would be removed.
> > Both
> > 4.9 and 5.1 will be kept and supported if there isn't more upgrades.
> 
> We will shift gcc-4.8 to toolchain-layer under meta-openembedded in case we
> remove it from OE-Core, it still will be available if absolutely needed.