https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120353

--- Comment #6 from qinzhao at gcc dot gnu.org ---
(In reply to Jakub Jelinek from comment #5)
> Why has this been backported to 15 branch?
> Generally accepts-invalid bugs aren't backported to release branches, or
> similar changes which cause rejection of more code than was accepted before
> on the branch, or more warnings than before on the branch.
> It is ok to e.g. error on something we'd ICEd on before.
> The reason for this is so that people need to do (if possible) porting of
> their codes to a newer gcc version just once a year for major releases, so
> that they don't need to repeat it every week or month again.

So, you mean, for a patch that might make the compiler issue more warnings
should not be backported to a release branch?  since such new warnings in a
previously released compiler might force the users to upgrade to newer gcc
version sooner than they want. 

should I revert the patch from GCC15?

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