Why is 2.95 still around?

[D.Personne]

Le jeudi 10 novembre 2005 à 08:17 +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe a écrit :

> 
> I thought that newer compilers ought to better than the older ones
> (latest and greatest); I wanted to know if these older compilers are
> widely used and therefore people having mistrust for newer stuff; I
> assumed all packages in debian had to be recompiled with either
> version 4.0 or 3.4. I don't dislike these compilers and want to know
> from those with experience (which I lack) what's their views.
> Thanks...
> 
> > Myself, as long as the recommended kernel compiler continues to be 2.95, it
> > will have a place on my box.
> 
> I didn't know this...

Hi,
Have a look here:

http://kerneltrap.org/node/4126

As for me: I always use the newer compilers (I'm not a developper).