From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm1-x32d.google.com (mail-wm1-x32d.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::32d]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A83EE3858C52 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2022 17:13:56 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org A83EE3858C52 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=googlemail.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=googlemail.com Received: by mail-wm1-x32d.google.com with SMTP id e15so729015wmq.1 for ; Fri, 09 Sep 2022 10:13:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20210112; h=to:references:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:cc:date :in-reply-to:from:subject:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date; bh=KC5kjNjAYfymyWd9GlKl4QKelgxyxliCYhBhsZ6gbiY=; b=q7+uebVe/AsJEL0w4fQDDITFiMYUYeNSdBcPyD+AKctSn+csJWsIsKss8r/7Biwnvq EymGAG6HX2Ud/1zRQfr5LO7XWuTNJQr5xM9lzF/ZtTckbk2+OBMdTqNTW5t36FfxrNNZ +iP6xxGrti+340CNxJyhZn1PPXs2OR9y7kGr3ZUKWd8CukKltJzVhLRjcR6/H2uG8C5f 6Qpppsp3pS9LfiN3qyG6Xpnlc6OoiLIyVtbNm5jddBWjEikB96Mil+42hioh3exYJC4P 5yarNMeMAUOiAsZAdmBWPbLcJ2J3i0MbYf1tjr6YVzXNJzvsfIVMot7axDBupOeHitO3 68eQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=to:references:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:cc:date :in-reply-to:from:subject:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date; bh=KC5kjNjAYfymyWd9GlKl4QKelgxyxliCYhBhsZ6gbiY=; b=o+qOZQnQzc+nPde4szcBLGWWzLnglviBZoNQwIG6U8GxDc25pq2OsSQahci2E0VSsb 2Np5wZ+JhSz0o7/gTAtIikLeMF+cZxkyajfLU/NMrZj953HG0cyPsfJwRnth7TrZdat+ UvfZKwk+D+E6sNGTv5I6GobKkco7C9HULW0tCBVSRes4inrEoJeqPPof8c0uUJhYlcz7 lYZZm9egMwEqLVod0jKY0HxS30KqGlg0u8su9/UEgzys90LfjMy0xrz923qQXUrVG8hB gTpzeZXUqFgIWN0lxhd7X+PCxkjH2JKi4U7leb3S/OfJs7BL+FYC7XXQQ8yDjqCGongy K+kA== X-Gm-Message-State: ACgBeo0++KtHjaI4mLBmFlQNuM5mSyyM+anSSZRLQisrCtN2AJSecioR S/ny76lxOLte0zC9KW0Ju4Y= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA6agR5W4dZWRLdxo9ys2ROaXFmEbYeLhmut57gG/wGdkGda87xS5sFPEB4v9IEHcshoPqXXRA6c5w== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:657:b0:3a5:e4e6:ee24 with SMTP id p23-20020a05600c065700b003a5e4e6ee24mr5929565wmm.68.1662743635291; Fri, 09 Sep 2022 10:13:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.95] (host81-138-1-83.in-addr.btopenworld.com. [81.138.1.83]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id t2-20020a5d49c2000000b00228c483128dsm1063777wrs.90.2022.09.09.10.13.54 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 09 Sep 2022 10:13:54 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.120.23.2.7\)) Subject: Re: [RFC] database with API information From: Iain Sandoe In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 18:13:53 +0100 Cc: GCC Development Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <6CBFC8BD-97C0-46EA-9D7F-6AD72146B9E8@googlemail.com> To: Ulrich Drepper X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.120.23.2.7) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: > On 9 Sep 2022, at 18:07, Ulrich Drepper via Gcc = wrote: >=20 > On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 5:26 PM Iain Sandoe = wrote: >=20 >> One small request, I realise that Python 2 is dead, but I regularly >> bootstrap GCC >> on older machines that only have Python 2 installations. If possible = (and >> it sounds >> plausible if the job is really quite simple) - it would be good to = support >> those older >> machines without having to take a detour to find a way to build = Python 3 >> on them first. >>=20 >=20 > Would this really be an issue? Just as is the case for the = gperf-generated > files, the repository would contain the generated files and = gperf/python > would only be needed if someone changes those files or explicitly = removes > them. If that=E2=80=99s the case then no, I handle most update/commit stuff on = newer machines - it is probably a misinterpretation of =E2=80=9Cthis would be needed = for bootstrap=E2=80=9D in another part of the thread. Iain