On Mon, 2026-02-23 at 14:56 -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > Hans Anda <[email protected]> writes: > > > It is a pain in the ass to compare the software versions on the running > > system (scripts/ver_linux) with the minimal required versions (changes.rst). > > > > Sort both lists alphabetically > > So ... I suspect that the intent, in changes.rst anyway, was to list the > compilers first and group other stuff roughly by category. But I agree > it's kind of a mess; if it's really by category, they should be > explicit.
Well, actually not. i considered categories but decided to sort alphabetically. Because it is simpler and spared the decisions which tool fits in which category. > If nobody screams, I am inclined to apply this change. But ... > > > Add missing tools in ver_linux > > (bash, bc, bindgen, bindutils, btrfs, clang, e2fsck, awk, tar, gtags, > > iptables, kmod, mcelog, mkimage, openssl, pahole, python, Rust, sphinx, > > squashfs-tools, udev) > > Fix minor issues (add grub2) > > ...these are a separate change and should be in their own patch. > i will make a Patch series with the files split. Thanks for the feedback Hans
