Re: Linux kernel version in release criteria

[Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs dot mu dot oz dot au>]

On 12-Jan-2001, Joseph S. Myers <jsm28@cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> I don't think the release criteria should involve an old Linux kernel
> version with known problems compiling with current GCC.  GCC 3.0 is not
> going to be a recommended compiler for 2.2 series kernels; I think it's
> better to specify 2.4.0 here (with an option to move up through 2.4 stable
> kernels until the final version used for testing needs to be frozen).  OK
> to commit?

Lots of people are still using kernel series 2.2.x.
They may want to recompile their existing kernels,
after having installed a new version of gcc.

If GCC 3.0 can't compile Linux 2.2.14, this would discourage Linux
users from installing GCC 3.0.  It would also cause aggravation for
some of those who do install GCC 3.0.

So, unless it is known that keeping this criterion would hold up the
release for a long time, I think it would be better to keep this
criterion.

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