From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:48494 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752875AbdEQVJ6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 May 2017 17:09:58 -0400 Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 23:09:53 +0200 From: Karel Zak To: Ruediger Meier Cc: Bruce Dubbs , util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: versioning Message-ID: <20170517210953.dskdxcr3rdmbtvgs@ws.net.home> References: <20170517074741.ltxnoawwvj56gc3m@ws.net.home> <591C8A09.6070100@gmail.com> <201705172107.49456.sweet_f_a@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <201705172107.49456.sweet_f_a@gmx.de> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 09:07:49PM +0200, Ruediger Meier wrote: > I'm not talking about making things incompatible just to be incompatible > but about ugly, outdated ifdefs which probably nobody needs anymore but > also nobody would touch unless we actively review this. This would be better to discuss per patch. I don't think the current code is affected by many obscure #ifdef and if we have #ifdef then it's usually to be compatible with some libc, non-linux systems, old gcc, etc. Anyway, it seems the conclusion is to continue with vX.Y.Z :-) Thanks! Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com