svn commit: r268137 - head/sys/sys

[Pedro Giffuni]

Hi;

On 06/21/15 12:03, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't think we should be worrying about what hypothetical downstream
> users of freebsd are doing. If they want to actively ensure things are
> backwards compatible for their needs, then they should step up and
> actively fund + participate in development.

I agree, but I don't set the policies and we do carry stuff related
to older compilers and things like the old linux i386-only intel
compiler.

> So if we're somehow /still/ supporting gcc-2.8.1 because -core decided
> that we should support it - please step up and tell us why and who.
> Otherwise, let's keep pushing forward to at least the busted old gcc
> we /do/ support, with an eye towards the future.
>

For reference. I had to do this to accommodate for pre-C99
compilers:

https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=280801

I don't see myself going back to redo the headers to take advantage
of the variadic macros, but it would be nice to have a policy that
doesn't keep us in the past.

Pedro.