Compiler versions used by port maintainers and release engineers

Port maintainers: please state your current compiler needs on this page. This helps us to decide when we are able to deprecate an old version of a compiler without leaving a port behind.

Platform	Distribution	Maintainer	Compiler	Version	Notes
Solaris Sparc	Solaris 8 and newer	OOo/SO RE (Sun Hamburg) hr@openoffice.org	Sun Studio	C++-5.5 /SunStudio8	plan to migrate to C++-5.8/SunStudio11 later on SRC680 or on new codeline
Solaris x86	Solaris 8 and newer	OOo/SO RE (Sun Hamburg) hr@openoffice.org	Sun Studio	C++-5.5/SunStudio8	plan to migrate to C++-5.8/SunStudio11 later on SRC680 or on new codeline
Linux x86	all distributions with glibc-2.2.4 or newer	OOo/SO RE (Sun Hamburg) hr@openoffice.org	Gnu Compiler Collection	gcc 3.4.1 + enum patch + visibility patch	plan to migrate to current gcc on new codeline
Linux PowerPC	Baseline for build : all distributions with glibc-2.3.x or newer	OOo only ( Community builds )	Gnu Compiler Collection	gcc 4.0.1	Depending on the distributions, some values can change
Mac OS X	Baseline for build : Mac OS X 10.3 compatibility	OOo only ( Community builds )	Gnu Compiler Collection	gcc 3.3 (version provided with Mac OS X 10.3 tools)	plan to migrate to gcc-4.0.1 if cross-compiling allows to build from Mac OS X 10.4 for Mac OS X 10.3
Windows	Windows 98 SE - Windows XP	OOo/SO RE (Sun Hamburg) obo@openoffice.org	Microsoft Visual Studio .net	.net 2003	no current plans to migrate to a newer version
OS/2	eComStation	OOo only (SSI build)	Gnu Compiler Collection	gcc 3.3.5	no current plans to migrate to a newer version
FreeBSD	Baseline for build : FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE	maho@openoffice.org	Gnu Compiler Collection	gcc 3.4.1 + enum patch + visibility patch	Usually ports take care of everything we need. A patch for ld.so is needed for prior than 5.2.1. http://porting.openoffice.org/freebsd/