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PATCH for Re: Mailing list usage
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: Alex Rosenberg <alexr at apple dot com>, Stan Shebs <shebs at apple dot com>, Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>, <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 16:57:32 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: PATCH for Re: Mailing list usage
On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
>> Apologies for the late reply, but I formerly only read the gcc list, not
>> gcc-patches. I had presumed that anything that required any discussion
>> like removal of a host/target would be discussed there.
> Personally, I strongly second this point!
> [...]
> If this is also the general consensus, I'd be willing to add something
> to our web pages concerning this.
Based on my proposal to document this three weeks ago, and Mark's
affirmative feedback I have committed the patch below:
Gerald
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<p>Open lists:</p>
<ul>
- <li><b><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/">gcc</a></b>
+ <li><p><b><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/">gcc</a></b>
is a high volume list for general development discussions about GCC.
Anything relevant to the development or testing of GCC and not
- covered by other mailing lists is suitable for discussion here.</li>
+ covered by other mailing lists is suitable for discussion here.</p>
+
+ <p>All major decisions and changes, like abandoning ports or frontends,
+ should be announced and discussed here. Ideally, this list should be
+ sufficient to follow the major trends and important news in GCC's
+ development process.</p></li>
<li><b><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-help/">gcc-help</a></b>
is a relatively high volume list for people searching for help in building