> All,
>
>   Also noted from the meeting, the current 3.5.13 will _not_ build on gcc
> 4.7.1.
>  There is _no_ reason not to port the patches to the 3.5.13 code base. All
> the
> patches simply cleaned up the code from a syntax standpoint and will not
> impact
> it building on earlier gcc releases. The closed bug 979 holds the
> collection of
> gcc 4.7 patches that could easily be applied to 3.5.13 to make it gcc
> 4.7.1
> compliant.

Have those applications that were affected by the gcc patches been fully
and completely tested?  If not we would risk introducing regressions into
an SRU.

Tim