[ccache] New release (with color) any time soon?

[Paul Smith]

On Sat, 2014-10-18 at 13:24 +0200, Egmont Koblinger wrote:
> Coloring support has been in ccache git for almost a year now.  I've just
> simply compiled and installed it, overwriting Ubuntu's package, and it
> works like a charm for me.

Can someone describe the ccache support for this?  I wonder how it might
(or might not) interact with GNU make's method of determining whether
there's a controlling TTY, in cases where make's output synchronization
is enabled.