Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 3 May 2021 00:05:59 +0300 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Raise the minimum GCC version to 5.2 | From | Ali Kaasinen <> |
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On 02/05/2021 23.32, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> On Sun, May 02, 2021 at 01:00:28PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: >> On Sun, 2021-05-02 at 13:30 -0500, Segher Boessenkool wrote: >>> On Sat, May 01, 2021 at 07:41:53PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: >>>> Why not raise the minimum gcc compiler version even higher? >> On Sun, 2021-05-02 at 13:37 -0500, Segher Boessenkool wrote: >>> Everyone should always use an as new release as practical >> [] >> >>> The latest GCC 5 release is only three and a half years old. >> You argue slightly against yourself here. > I don't? > >> Yes, it's mostly a question of practicality vs latest. >> >> clang requires a _very_ recent version. >> gcc _could_ require a later version. >> Perhaps 8 might be best as that has a __diag warning control mechanism. > I have no idea what you mean? > >> gcc 8.1 is now 3 years old today. > And there will be a new GCC 8 release very soon now! > > The point is, you inconvenience users if you require a compiler version > they do not already have. Five years might be fine, but three years is > not. > > > Segher
Users & especially devs should upgrade then. 3 years of not updating your compiler - if you regularly build the kernel - seems nonsensical.
Ali
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