Re: [PATCH 1/1] git-compat-util: add a test balloon for C99 support

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Nov 22, 2021, 20:52 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqv90jewwa.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq8rxgf254.fsf@gitster.g>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

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> Carlo Arenas <carenas@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 9:27 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I had an impression that it was claimed that without this, the other
>>> weatherbaloon for "for (type var=..." would not fly in some of the
>>> jobs we have at CI?
>>
>> It wouldn't if we have a CI job that tests with gcc < 5 but the last
>> version of that job died with travis-ci.org
>
> I was wondering how Dscho's test was not failing, and that is an
> easy answer to that question ;-)
>
> If we wanted to resurrect that CI job, we can always add it in the
> CI definition anyway, so I am OK with that, too.

But if we were to do so, perhaps we'd want something like what I gave at https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqy25lwa86.fsf@gitster.g/ in its place to avoid confusing people.

Let me update that topic before dropping the one under discussion.