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In-Reply-To: <87msulbpgl.fsf@inria.fr> References: <87msulbpgl.fsf@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2023 17:54:22 +0100 Message-ID: <87v8987hz5.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::433; envelope-from=zimon.toutoune@gmail.com; helo=mail-wr1-x433.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: guix-science@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-science-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-science-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -5.80 X-Spam-Score: -5.80 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: A56A315398 X-Migadu-Scanner: mx11.migadu.com X-TUID: mxkB2M2RN1Z6 Hi, On Thu, 07 Dec 2023 at 23:46, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: > Back in 2018, this was deemed important for HPC clusters, where CentOS 6 > was then relatively common, as Ricardo explained: H=C3=A9h=C3=A9! A colleague re-installed CentOS 6 this week; for testing purpose. Hum=E2=80=A6 :-) > Five years later, it seems reasonable to drop the patch (which is likely > untested these days). If you disagree, now=E2=80=99s the time to make yo= ur > voice heard! Yeah, let drop this patch. Well, CentOS 7 will be soon end of life so it seems very reasonable to drop patches for CentOS 6 only. Cheers, simon