On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 08:47:47PM +0200, Janus Weil wrote: > 2017-04-21 19:49 GMT+02:00 Steve Kargl <s...@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>: > > > You'll need Release Manager > > approval (jakub, richi, or maybe law) to apply the > > patch to the 7-branch. > > I know. Would anyone of those gentlemen see the possibility of > accepting the patch for the 7-branch at this point? > > I'm aware that it's in no way release-critical, but it's a regression > after all and was posted before the branching.
Patches to regressions that were submitted before branching are typically allowed as long as one has done the due diligence to run the testsuite. The GCC homepage states "Serious Regression. All regressions." for 7.1. My take: it does not hurt to ask RM. The worse outcome is they say 'no'. -- Steve 20161221 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbCHE-hONow
