Re: [PATCH] Documentation/Changes: phase out Changes file thathasn't changed

[Aaro Koskinen]

Hi,

On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 01:12:55AM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> Looking at the bigger picture, the need for this file has simply
> passed.  It was trying to detail required versions of userspace
> packages, in order to cater to hand-crafted systems.  But now the
> majority of users get their userspace all at once from some kind
> of distro, and we are probably a lot more serious about avoiding
> breaking userspace than we were a dozen years ago.

Is there any file describing the needed tools (and minimum versions) to
_build_ the kernel? I agree that trying to describe such for the run-time
userspace does not belong to the kernel tree, but the required/supported
versions of build tools should be still maybe documented...

A.
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