From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_BLOCKED, SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7C6D1F4B4 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 2020 12:17:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727336AbgLQMPP (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Dec 2020 07:15:15 -0500 Received: from elephants.elehost.com ([216.66.27.132]:26320 "EHLO elephants.elehost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725930AbgLQMPP (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Dec 2020 07:15:15 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at elehost.com Received: from gnash (cpe00fc8d49d843-cm00fc8d49d840.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [173.33.189.82]) (authenticated bits=0) by elephants.elehost.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id 0BHCEVaf024890 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 17 Dec 2020 07:14:32 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rsbecker@nexbridge.com) From: "Randall S. Becker" To: "'Junio C Hamano'" Cc: References: <20201216220752.6371-1-randall.s.becker@rogers.com> <20201216220752.6371-2-randall.s.becker@rogers.com> In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [Patch 1/1] config.mak.uname: remove old NonStop compatibility settings Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2020 07:14:25 -0500 Message-ID: <00d301d6d46e$2c7e63e0$857b2ba0$@nexbridge.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 16.0 Content-Language: en-ca Thread-Index: AQD7jVI9Rq08gvwObJnGf6Ej55mkJAHVKcvXAf5lV0WrkyJQQA== Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On December 16, 2020 6:27 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > To: randall.s.becker@rogers.com > Cc: git@vger.kernel.org; Randall S. Becker > Subject: Re: [Patch 1/1] config.mak.uname: remove old NonStop > compatibility settings > > randall.s.becker@rogers.com writes: > > > From: "Randall S. Becker" > > > > The MKDIR_WO_TRAILING_SLASH and NO_SETITIMER options are no > longer > > needed on the NonStop platforms as both are now supported by the > > oldest supported operating system revision. > > Nice to read "supported by the oldest supported version"; very assuring that > it is the right thing to unconditionally remove these settings. The basic policy is that OS releases (platform calls them RVUs), are supported for 5 years from the date of release. So we are very reluctant to depend on any feature introduced in a more recent RVU. Once the oldest drops off support, we can use newer APIs without concern of a customer hitting a non-supported condition - they can use older versions of git. There are very rare conditions where an incompatibility is introduced, which we try to work around. The now current oldest drops out May 2022. At that point we can prune a few more things. Some customers may stick with older releases (with extra paid support) but my group is not bound to that - independent and volunteers. Of course, if someone wants to pay... > > Will queue. Thanks. Thanks, Randall