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Re: Clarify rules for testing patches
On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 12:44:13AM +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>
> > +<p>If your change is to code that is not in a front-end, or is to
> > +the C front-end, you must perform a complete build of GCC and the
>
> The convention is that the noun is spelt "front end".
"front-end" was how the original text spelled it, but I've changed
this in my tree.
> > -<p>Note that when you check in changes to our web pages, these will
> > -automatically be checked out into the web server's data area.</p>
> > +<p>When you check in changes to our web pages, they will automatically
> > +be checked out into the web server's data area.</p>
>
> If you check in changes to style.mhtml, does this cause the other web
> pages to be automatically regenerated?
I don't know. Gerald?
> > +<p>When you post your change to <code>gcc-patches</code>, indicate
> > +what platform you have used for testing.</p>
>
> There should be a note somewhere that "platform" means an exact target
> triplet rather than a vague description such as "Alpha" or "x86 Linux".
Like this?
+<p>When you post your change to <code>gcc-patches</code>, state
+the canonical name(s) of the system(s) you have used for testing.</p>
zw