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This is definitely unexpected for me - I'd have thought something like an RC for a kernel would have to be 'approved' for release only after passing all tests,
by Incipient 1y ago
This is definitely unexpected for me - I'd have thought something like an RC for a kernel would have to be 'approved' for release only after passing all tests, which should include building with all official compilers (and all official architectures, etc).
Unless either the older GCC or the beta GCC isn't "official"? In which case that's not necessarily expected to be picked up in an RC?
- bonzini 1y agoRelease candidates are just time-based for many projects. For Linux, in addition, the rhythm of stabilization can be different for various subsystems.
- Philpax 1y agoMy understanding is that Linux has no form of CI [0], so they don't actually have an automated way to check for compilation across all platforms and compilers. [0]: https://lwn.net/Articles/1018802/ https://lwn.net/Articles/1018802/