GCC_REQD+=14

[Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

I'm just reviewing all the regressions committed since 2024Q4, and one 
of the largest, math/py-scipy, is due to the GCC_REQD requirement being 
bumped from 9 to 14.

I don't really understand why this was made, given its own meson.build 
still says 9 is sufficient, and it builds fine for me with GCC 13, but 
it was enough to break the build on illumos (which has been clearly 
prominent in the daily bulk builds posted ever since).

I just wanted to call out this one specifically.  GCC 14 is a absolute 
disaster, breaking almost all existing software.  It can't even 
bootstrap pkgsrc without significant work.

I would _strongly_ advise that nobody add GCC_REQD+=14, especially if 
it's not even required!  Also a reminder that we have USE_*_FEATURES 
that are better placed to determine whether a compiler is suitable or 
not based on the actual features required rather than some arbitrary 
version.

I will be holding onto GCC 13 for as long as possible...

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