Fedora 34 Change: MinGW environment and toolchain update (System-Wide Change proposal)
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/F34MingwEnvToolchainUpdate
== Summary ==
Update the MinGW base environment and toolchain to the latest upstream
stable releases.
== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:smani|Sandro Mani]]
* Email: manisandro(a)gmail.com
== Detailed Description ==
The following packages will be updated
* mingw-gcc to version 11.x
* mingw-w64-tools to version 8.x
* mingw-winpthreads to version 8.x
* mingw-crt to version 8.x
* mingw-headers to version 8.x
* mingw-binutils to version 2.36
* mingw-gdb to version 10.x
== Benefit to Fedora ==
Ship the latest available MinGW environment and GNU toolchain.
== Scope ==
* Proposal owners:
The above mentioned packages will be updated. Build failures following
the mass rebuild will be inspected.
* Other developers:
* Release engineering: Impact check [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/9903]
* Release engineering: Mass rebuild requested
* Policies and guidelines: No policies need to be changed
== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
No impact
== How To Test ==
Update the system once the updated packages land, look out for new
build failures etc.
== User Experience ==
The features of the newest MinGW environment and GNU Toolchain will be
available to the users.
== Dependencies ==
None
== Contingency Plan ==
* Contingency mechanism: Revert to older versions of environment /
toolchain, mass rebuild mingw packages again
* Contingency deadline: Before release
* Blocks release? Yes
* Blocks product? No
== Release Notes ==
Fedora 34 comes with the mingw-w64-8 environment, mingw-gcc-11,
mingw-gdb-10' and mingw-binutils 2.36.
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