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Re: Comments on Patching GCC
>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Elliston <bje@au.ibm.com> writes:
Ben> I'm a bit undecided about what needs to happen next, but I agree
Ben> that sending mail to gcc-patches is really hit and miss. A good
Ben> amount of traffic on gcc-patches consists of "ping?" messages.
Ben> Patch authors have no idea on the state of their patches, nor do
Ben> other interested parties. Maintainers may easily miss patches
Ben> that are due their attention.
Ben> I have to wonder if a patch tracking system wouldn't be a better
Ben> way of handling patches.
Good point, especially for those of us that are maintainers for
components with low rates of traffic. Trying to find the message that
I actually have to act on in a flood of 300+ gcc messages per day is
very difficult.
paul