Hi! On Sun, 07 Oct 2018, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > How much bother is it to keep maintaining alpha as a supported > > target for glibc? Ultimately, it's a question if people want to > > put in the time. There will always be users as long as there is > > a supporting Linux distro, I guess. > > > > The question is about if there is a reason to support a kernel/glibc version > mismatch. Do I understand correctly that the proposed change would break the combination of Kernel <3.2 and newer glibcs? If so, I think we should go ahead, 3.2 is pretty old and I would be *very* surprised if anyone is running that old a kernel but a new glibc. As you said, Alpha production started almost one and a half decades ago, hardware compatibility on the kernel side is very good (aside from weird cases like the UP1500, but even that has a post-3.2 kernel available). I'm sure Matt will correct me if I'm wrong about any of this. Best, Tobias -- Sent from aboard the Culture ship GSV Zero Gravitas
