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Re: [Ada] [wwwdocs] GNAT bug reporting instructions
- From: Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Robert Dewar <dewar at gnat dot com>
- Cc: fw at deneb dot enyo dot de, pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at, bosch at gnat dot com,gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 11:13:27 -0700
- Subject: Re: [Ada] [wwwdocs] GNAT bug reporting instructions
- References: <20020427175727.B70BFF2E50@nile.gnat.com>
On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 01:57:27PM -0400, Robert Dewar wrote:
>
> I actually think that this will *increase* maintenance efforts. Why?
> Because now the generic part has to be reviewed and maintained by all
> the front ends and furthermore changes to the generic part can only
> be done by the small set of people (non empty???) who are appropriately
> familiar with all the different front ends.
I think this is overstating the problem; the generic instructions are
going to be things like "Include the source code" and "Tell us what
happened and what you expected. Include all the error messages." See
my other message for an example.
>From a user's point of view, I think Gerald's proposed structure will
make the document easier to read and understand, so it's a good idea
on that score.
zw