Re: Guiding principle for dropping LLVM versions?

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, Xing Guo <higuoxing(at)gmail(dot)com>, Devrim Gündüz <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Mark Wong <markwkm(at)gmail(dot)com>, tcook(at)blackducksoftware(dot)com
Subject: Re: Guiding principle for dropping LLVM versions?
Date: 2023-11-04 16:38:18
Message-ID: 20231104163818.lxdhufvqgzahzvb4@awork3.anarazel.de
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Hi,

On 2023-11-02 10:46:52 +1300, Thomas Munro wrote:
> So it sounds like we're in agreement that it is time to require LLVM
> 10+ in master. Could the owners (CC'd) of the following animals
> please turn off --with-llvm on master (and future 17+ branches), or
> consider upgrading to a modern OS release? Otherwise they'll turn
> red.
>
> And of course Andres would need to do the same for his coverage
> animals in that range:
>
> animal | arch | llvm_version | os | os_release
> | end_of_support
> -------------+--------------------+--------------+--------+------------+----------------
> dragonet | x86_64 | 3.9.1 | Debian | sid |
> phycodurus | x86_64 | 3.9.1 | Debian | sid |
> desmoxytes | x86_64 | 4.0.1 | Debian | sid |
> petalura | x86_64 | 4.0.1 | Debian | sid |
> idiacanthus | x86_64 | 5.0.2 | Debian | sid |
> pogona | x86_64 | 5.0.2 | Debian | sid |
> komodoensis | x86_64 | 6.0.1 | Debian | sid |
> xenodermus | x86_64 | 6.0.1 | Debian | sid |

Would you want me to do this now or just before you apply the patch?

I think I should stand up a few more replacement animals to cover older llvm
versions with assertions enabled...

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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