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Message-ID: <20070821202113.GF30705@stusta.de>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:21:13 +0200
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFC: drop support for gcc < 4.0
On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 01:08:25PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > >
> > > Bogus warnings should be relatively harmless.
> >
> > How many kernel developers use such old gcc versions?
>
> It's NOT about "kernel developers".
>
> It's about random people testing kernels.
>
> If we make it harder for people to test kernels, we're going to lose. So
> no, I vote for *not* cutting off old gcc versions unless it's absolutely
> fatal.
How many people e.g. test -rc kernels compiled with gcc 3.2?
> Linus
cu
Adrian
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