Re: RFC: drop support for gcc < 4.0

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > 
> > Bogus warnings should be relatively harmless.
> 
> How many kernel developers use such old gcc versions?

It's NOT about "kernel developers".

It's about random people testing kernels.

If we make it harder for people to test kernels, we're going to lose. So 
no, I vote for *not* cutting off old gcc versions unless it's absolutely 
fatal.

		Linus
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