On 7 August 2018 18:34:30 CEST, Segher Boessenkool <seg...@kernel.crashing.org> wrote: >On Mon, Aug 06, 2018 at 08:25:49AM -0700, Mike Stump wrote: >> Since g++ already requires 1.5.3, it make no sense to bump to >anything older that 1.5.3, so let's bump to 1.5.3. Those packaging >systems and OSes that wanted to update by now, have had their chance to >update. Those that punt until we bump the requirement, well, they will >now have to bump. :-) > >"g++ requires it"? In what way? I haven't seen any issues with older >dejagnu versions.
I think http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=dejagnu.git;a=commit;h=5256bd82343000c76bc0e48139003f90b6184347 > >> Ok to update to 1.5.3. > >1.5.3 is only three years old, and not all distros carry it. This is >rather aggressive... How come? If one wants to develop on a distro that is notoriously outdated then you have to obtain the missing pieces yourself. I wouldn't call three years "aggressive".
