Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755941AbXHVHfb (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:35:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751026AbXHVHfV (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:35:21 -0400 Received: from mx12.go2.pl ([193.17.41.142]:42517 "EHLO poczta.o2.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750888AbXHVHfU (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:35:20 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 5349 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:35:19 EDT Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:36:22 +0200 From: Jarek Poplawski To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Adrian Bunk , Andi Kleen , Randy Dunlap , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC: drop support for gcc < 4.0 Message-ID: <20070822073622.GB1684@ff.dom.local> 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> <20070821202113.GF30705@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 949 Lines: 32 On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 01:32:50PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Tue, 21 Aug 2007, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > How many people e.g. test -rc kernels compiled with gcc 3.2? > > How could anybody know? It shouldn't be so hard: a) statistically: by doing some random math with: int number_of_seemingly_gcc3.2_reports_eg_per_rc; int number_of_all_such_reports_eg_per_rc; int estimated_number_of_all_users_or_developers; (or maybe some more...) b) precisely (or even more): by adding proper and often updated announcements, e.g: "drivers/usb/host/ohci-pci.c:202: warning: unused variable `pdev' (BTW, Angelina and Brad will be very suprised this warning is yet possible!!!)" Regards, Jarek P. - 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/