Default ISA/tuning flags for GCC, --enable-kernel= level for glibc

[Michael Cronenworth]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Default ISA/tuning flags for GCC, --enable-kernel= level 
for glibc
From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel at redhat.com>
To: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat.com>, Development discussions related to 
Fedora <fedora-devel-list at redhat.com>
CC: Jesse Keating <jkeating at redhat.com>, Tom Callaway 
<tcallawa at redhat.com>, Bill Nottingham <notting at redhat.com>, Ulrich 
Drepper <drepper at redhat.com>
Date: 01/26/2009 02:39 PM
> 
> Can we *please* wait a bit until raising the bar *that* high?  Breaking
> mock builds for rawhide on F9/10 releases is a really bad idea IMHO.
> Which meas supporting at least 2.6.27.  Maybe in a year when F9 is EOL
> and F10 has a 2.6.29 kernel update we can reconsider 2.6.29.
> 
> cheers,
>   Gerd
> 


So when 2010 rolls around you'll be saying "pleaseeeee wait until F12 
has reached EOL"?

The pain has to occur sometime.

How about rolling up to 2.6.18 right now? That shouldn't hurt anything, 
should it?

Make 2.6.29 a Fedora 12 priority. This shouldn't go against what you 
requested.