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From: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon)
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On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 09:23:38PM +0400, Andrey Chernov wrote:
> I think OSVERSION check is used only for released or stable branches.
> -current development people are supposed to bring their system to the 
> latest, isn't?

Yes, but they can't always do so, for various reasons.  For instance, I'm
sure a number of developers have stayed with the version before the gcc4.2
import.

However, supporting pre-release versions does fall under the "nice to have"
rather than the "have to have" category AFAIAC.

mcl