Re: Go C++ only

On 09/02/2016 09:10 PM, Sergio Durigan Junior wrote:
> On Friday, September 02 2016, Pedro Alves wrote:
> 
>> On 09/02/2016 11:01 AM, Yao Qi wrote:
>>> On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 7:17 PM, Joel Brobecker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I don't have a strong opinion, but can we perhaps try a compromise
>>>> where we would be using C++ features only in new units (unlikely to be
>>>> backported)? Even though the backporting rate is indeed probably low,
>>>> it would still be nice to make it as easy as possible. Or is this
>>>> not really a practical suggestion?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I agree.  If we think the patch is likely to be backported, such as bug fix,
>>> C++ feature is not allowed in the patch.
>>
>> Agreed.
>>
>> Sergio, can you switch the buildbot builder that is catching C
>> build regressions to test the 7.12 branch instead of master?
> 
> Right, I've made a few modifications on the config files and the C-only
> builder should now be building only changes to the 7.12 branch.
> 
> Let me know if it works, or if you need something else.

Thanks!  I'm going to push the "go C++-only" patch to master, then.

Thanks,
Pedro Alves