Hi;
On 06/21/15 12:03, Adrian Chadd wrote:
Hi,
I don't think we should be worrying about what hypothetical downstream
users of freebsd are doing. If they want to actively ensure things are
backwards compatible for their needs, then they should step up and
actively fund + participate in development.
I agree, but I don't set the policies and we do carry stuff related
to older compilers and things like the old linux i386-only intel
compiler.
So if we're somehow /still/ supporting gcc-2.8.1 because -core decided
that we should support it - please step up and tell us why and who.
Otherwise, let's keep pushing forward to at least the busted old gcc
we /do/ support, with an eye towards the future.
For reference. I had to do this to accommodate for pre-C99
compilers:
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=280801
I don't see myself going back to redo the headers to take advantage
of the variadic macros, but it would be nice to have a policy that
doesn't keep us in the past.
Pedro.
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