Because it needs gcc 6.1 !! I suppose people on such systems can just use firefox60, or contort, or wait for the coming rototill of compiler selection. I would rather not be adding GCC_REQD to programs when that's really about language features vs the original intent of avoiding problems in lower versions, especially during the freeze. The package is not even documented to require c++11, so I'm not sure what's up. Had I realized this, I would have objected to the update during freeze (and probably shoudl have anyway, since it doesn't meet the freeze criteria), but I don't think it's a net win to back it out now. But, that seems less troublesome than many other approaches. So: 1) Please don't change anything until we really understand what's going on. (The freeze is already going to last longer because of this update than it would have.) 2) Can someone explain where the gcc 6.1 requirement comes from and why?
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