Re: [PATCH] RFC: Version support policy

2022-02-28 Thread George Dunlap
> On Feb 15, 2022, at 8:20 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: > > On 14.02.2022 22:50, George Dunlap wrote: >>> On Aug 19, 2021, at 10:18 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: >>> On 13.08.2021 13:37, Ian Jackson wrote: The current policy for minimum supported versions of tools, compilers, etc. is unsatisfacto

Re: [PATCH] RFC: Version support policy

2022-02-23 Thread Wojtek Porczyk
On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 01:20:26PM +, George Dunlap wrote: > > On Feb 22, 2022, at 3:42 PM, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki > > wrote: > > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 04:05:19PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> On 22.02.2022 15:58, George Dunlap wrote: > On Feb 22, 2022, at 12:18 PM, Wojtek Po

Re: [PATCH] RFC: Version support policy

2022-02-23 Thread George Dunlap
> On Feb 22, 2022, at 3:42 PM, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki > wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 04:05:19PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 22.02.2022 15:58, George Dunlap wrote: On Feb 22, 2022, at 12:18 PM, Wojtek Porczyk wrote: On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 09:50:25PM +, George

Re: [PATCH] RFC: Version support policy

2022-02-22 Thread Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 04:05:19PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 22.02.2022 15:58, George Dunlap wrote: > >> On Feb 22, 2022, at 12:18 PM, Wojtek Porczyk > >> wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 09:50:25PM +, George Dunlap wrote: > >>> I think it’s too much effort to ask developers to try to

Re: [PATCH] RFC: Version support policy

2022-02-22 Thread Jan Beulich
On 22.02.2022 15:58, George Dunlap wrote: >> On Feb 22, 2022, at 12:18 PM, Wojtek Porczyk >> wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 09:50:25PM +, George Dunlap wrote: >>> I think it’s too much effort to ask developers to try to find the actual >>> minimum version of each individual dependency as t

Re: [PATCH] RFC: Version support policy

2022-02-22 Thread George Dunlap
> On Feb 22, 2022, at 12:18 PM, Wojtek Porczyk > wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 09:50:25PM +, George Dunlap wrote: >> I think it’s too much effort to ask developers to try to find the actual >> minimum version of each individual dependency as things evolve. > > By "find the actual min

Re: [PATCH] RFC: Version support policy

2022-02-22 Thread Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 01:18:03PM +0100, Wojtek Porczyk wrote: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 09:50:25PM +, George Dunlap wrote: > > I think it’s too much effort to ask developers to try to find the actual > > minimum version of each individual dependency as things evolve. > > By "find the actual

Re: [PATCH] RFC: Version support policy

2022-02-22 Thread Wojtek Porczyk
On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 09:50:25PM +, George Dunlap wrote: > I think it’s too much effort to ask developers to try to find the actual > minimum version of each individual dependency as things evolve. By "find the actual minimum version", do you mean to get to know the version number, or instal

Re: [PATCH] RFC: Version support policy

2022-02-15 Thread Jan Beulich
On 14.02.2022 22:50, George Dunlap wrote: >> On Aug 19, 2021, at 10:18 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 13.08.2021 13:37, Ian Jackson wrote: >>> The current policy for minimum supported versions of tools, compilers, >>> etc. is unsatisfactory: For many dependencies no minimum version is >>> specified.

Re: [PATCH] RFC: Version support policy

2022-02-14 Thread George Dunlap
> On Aug 19, 2021, at 10:18 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: > > On 13.08.2021 13:37, Ian Jackson wrote: >> The current policy for minimum supported versions of tools, compilers, >> etc. is unsatisfactory: For many dependencies no minimum version is >> specified. For those where a version is stated, upd

Re: [PATCH] RFC: Version support policy

2022-02-14 Thread George Dunlap
> On Aug 18, 2021, at 12:16 PM, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki > wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:37:27PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: >> The current policy for minimum supported versions of tools, compilers, >> etc. is unsatisfactory: For many dependencies no minimum version is >> specified. F

Re: [PATCH] RFC: Version support policy

2021-08-19 Thread Jan Beulich
On 19.08.2021 13:55, Ian Jackson wrote: > Jan Beulich writes ("Re: [PATCH] RFC: Version support policy"): >> On 13.08.2021 13:37, Ian Jackson wrote: >>> In this patch I propose a cutoff of 6 years. >>> Obviously there will be debate about the precise value.

Re: [PATCH] RFC: Version support policy

2021-08-19 Thread Ian Jackson
Jan Beulich writes ("Re: [PATCH] RFC: Version support policy"): > On 13.08.2021 13:37, Ian Jackson wrote: > > The current policy for minimum supported versions of tools, compilers, > > etc. is unsatisfactory: For many dependencies no minimum version is > > specified

Re: [PATCH] RFC: Version support policy

2021-08-19 Thread Jan Beulich
On 13.08.2021 13:37, Ian Jackson wrote: > The current policy for minimum supported versions of tools, compilers, > etc. is unsatisfactory: For many dependencies no minimum version is > specified. For those where a version is stated, updating it is a > decision that has to be explicitly taken for t

Re: [PATCH] RFC: Version support policy

2021-08-18 Thread Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:37:27PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > The current policy for minimum supported versions of tools, compilers, > etc. is unsatisfactory: For many dependencies no minimum version is > specified. For those where a version is stated, updating it is a > decision that has to be e