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Merge #11755: [Docs] Bump minimum required version of GCC to 4.8

fae98f6 [Docs] Bump minimum required version of GCC to 4.8 (fanquake)

Pull request description:

  Make it explicit that the minimum required version of GCC is 4.8. Discussion in #11732.

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      doc/dependencies.md
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      doc/release-notes.md

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doc/dependencies.md

@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ These are the dependencies currently used by Bitcoin Core. You can find instruct
| Expat | [2.2.1](https://libexpat.github.io/) | | No | Yes | | | Expat | [2.2.1](https://libexpat.github.io/) | | No | Yes | |
| fontconfig | [2.12.1](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/) | | No | Yes | | | fontconfig | [2.12.1](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/) | | No | Yes | |
| FreeType | [2.7.1](http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype) | | No | | | | FreeType | [2.7.1](http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype) | | No | | |
| GCC | | [4.7+](https://gcc.gnu.org/) | | | | | GCC | | [4.8+](https://gcc.gnu.org/) | | | |
| HarfBuzz-NG | | | | | | | HarfBuzz-NG | | | | | |
| libevent | [2.1.8-stable](https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases) | 2.0.22 | No | | | | libevent | [2.1.8-stable](https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases) | 2.0.22 | No | | |
| libjpeg | | | | | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk#L75) | | libjpeg | | | | | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk#L75) |

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doc/release-notes.md

@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ frequently tested on them.
Notable changes Notable changes
=============== ===============
GCC 4.8.x
--------------
The minimum version of GCC required to compile Bitcoin Core is now 4.8. No effort will be
made to support older versions of GCC. See discussion in issue #11732 for more information.
HD-wallets by default HD-wallets by default
--------------------- ---------------------
Due to a backward-incompatible change in the wallet database, wallets created Due to a backward-incompatible change in the wallet database, wallets created

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