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-ASN: AS53758 23.128.96.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,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 083EA1F953 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 02:31:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S239235AbhK2CfK (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Nov 2021 21:35:10 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp20.pobox.com ([173.228.157.52]:54802 "EHLO pb-smtp20.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S236803AbhK2CdK (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Nov 2021 21:33:10 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp20.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 647CF168152; Sun, 28 Nov 2021 21:29:53 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=sasl; bh=ycznGDuqaEQXRfe+U6ACX+2fo jPgraEFAC7PUn2fBo4=; b=d0RYleZ3N0KE/tlFGYgRdAQavMfZhcPdHy05Oh+uB pHyhB/oXXiS8iXRFCb/3mkYhTKccZ5BczZjZ5r+dZI701VCJ7puw9jFDAI/VsZeJ pBFR4ejcAjVvvXrJSYdUClcKvvDDAfcxcEL7LtrPdaStCsTvVhK/U2h3unRkLmQY Tg= Received: from pb-smtp20.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D0F0168151; Sun, 28 Nov 2021 21:29:53 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.133.2.91]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6D134168150; Sun, 28 Nov 2021 21:29:49 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: bc/require-c99 + jc/c99-var-decl-in-for-loop References: <211126.86czmnhwu4.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 18:29:47 -0800 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 39C03B48-50BC-11EC-8078-F327CE9DA9D6-77302942!pb-smtp20.pobox.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason writes: > On Wed, Nov 24 2021, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> * bc/require-c99 (2021-11-18) 1 commit >> . git-compat-util: add a test balloon for C99 support >> >> Weather balloon to break people with compilers that do not support >> C99. > > It would be nice if they'd upgrade, but maybe breaking those people is > going a bit far :) You cannot tell who if anybody is not ready without a small piece of change, which is very easy to revert locally, that would break them hard. If you look at the patch in question, especially if you pay attention to what message it gives those who are not ready when it happens, I would think you agree with the patch thta it is not going too far.