From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwenn@gmail.com>,
Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] reftable: avoid initializing structs from structs
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 12:00:30 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqtue7h0dd.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqy23jh2h3.fsf@gitster.g> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Thu, 13 Jan 2022 11:15:04 -0800")
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Would make sense to steal the compiler version etc. details from my
>> <patch-1.1-7425b64c0a0-20220113T113821Z-avarab@gmail.com>. I.e. eventually
>> we'll be able to change this & other code back, as nobody will care
>> about that older compiler version. It worked before in the pre-image on
>> a more recent xlc.
>
> If so, wouldn't it be a better option not to worry about such an old
> compiler at all from the get-go?
The above was a genuine question. If that "nobody will care about
the old compiler" will happen only after a few years, then it may
not work to just ignore the version of xlc which might still have
a meaningful number of users. I just am not in a good position to
judge that.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-01-13 20:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-01-13 16:55 [PATCH] reftable: avoid initializing structs from structs Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget
2022-01-13 17:13 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-01-13 17:40 ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2022-01-13 19:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-01-13 20:00 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2022-01-17 13:07 ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2022-01-17 19:08 ` Junio C Hamano
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