Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753757AbXHUUIz (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:08:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751423AbXHUUIs (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:08:48 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:34118 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751415AbXHUUIq (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:08:46 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:08:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Adrian Bunk cc: Andi Kleen , Randy Dunlap , Andrew Morton , Jarek Poplawski , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC: drop support for gcc < 4.0 In-Reply-To: <20070821195433.GE30705@stusta.de> Message-ID: References: <20070821132038.GA22254@ff.dom.local> <20070821093103.3c097d4a.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <20070821173550.GC30705@stusta.de> <20070821191959.GC2642@bingen.suse.de> <20070821195433.GE30705@stusta.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 645 Lines: 22 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. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/