docs: Note that Open MPI now requires a C11-compliant compiler

jsquyres · jsquyres · commit e0c2f0b8b414 · 2024-12-17T12:13:10.000-05:00
Signed-off-by: Jeff Squyres &lt;jeff@squyres.com&gt;
diff --git a/docs/developers/prerequisites.rst b/docs/developers/prerequisites.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Compilers
 ---------
 
 Although it should probably be assumed, you'll need a C compiler that
-supports C99.
+supports C11.
 
 You'll also need a Fortran compiler if you want to build the Fortran
 MPI bindings (the more recent the Fortran compiler, the better), and a
diff --git a/docs/developers/source-code.rst b/docs/developers/source-code.rst
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ C / C++
      if (whatever)
         return OMPI_SUCCESS;
 
-* Starting with Open MPI 1.7, Open MPI requires a C99-compliant
+* Starting with Open MPI 6.0, Open MPI requires a C11-compliant
   compiler.
 
   * C++-style comments are now allowed (and preferred).
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/changelog/index.rst b/docs/release-notes/changelog/index.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ since v1.0.0.
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   v6.0.x
    v5.0.x
    v4.1.x
    v4.0.x
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/changelog/v6.0.x.rst b/docs/release-notes/changelog/v6.0.x.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Open MPI v6.0.x series
+======================
+
+This file contains all the NEWS updates for the Open MPI v6.0.x
+series, in reverse chronological order.
+
+Open MPI version v6.0.0
+--------------------------
+:Date: ...fill me in...
+
+- Open MPI now requires a C11-compliant compiler to build.
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/compilers.rst b/docs/release-notes/compilers.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Compiler Notes
 ==============
 
-* Open MPI requires a C99-capable compiler to build.
+* Open MPI requires a C11-capable compiler to build.
 
 * On platforms other than x86-64, AArc64 (64-bit ARM), and PPC, Open
   MPI requires a compiler that either supports C11 atomics or the GCC
