Re: [PATCH 2/2] grep/pcre2: factor out literal variable

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Dec 20, 2021, 20:52 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqr1a7uhgk.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <211219.86o85cwfje.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com>

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

> I think for this and 1/2 it would be really nice to pick up a version of
> Hamza's CI changes:
> https://lore.kernel.org/git/20211118084143.279174-2-someguy@effective-light.com/

Are there so many incompatible versions of pcre2 library whose usage are subtly different that we need to protect ourselves with multiple variants in CI from breakages?

I doubt pcre2 library was _that_ bad.

Adding a special task that builds with the minimum version we support may not be too bad, but the library should be stable enough to allow us to declare it sufficient to test the most common version with the most common build options in our ordinary build job(s).