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Re: Should we remove java from the default bootstrap languages?
Mark Mitchell wrote:
> Andrew Haley wrote:
>
>>> I agree. I also agree that if someone breaks Java, they should be
>>> required to fix the problem. In fact, we could have the rule that the
>>> Java maintainers get to revert a patch summarily based merely on the
>>> fact that there exists a Java post-patch failure that does not occur
>>> pre-patch.
>>
>> OK. I'm hoping that the java mainatiners won't have _all_ the burden,
>> though.
>>
>> We should have a trial phase where java build breakage on the
>> autobuilders
>> is mailed to the maintainers who checked in patches and to the java
>> maintainers, and we'll see how it goes.
>>
>> I'm open-minded about this, but if it doesn't work we should be
>> prepared to
>> revert the policy.
>
> I think that's reasonable. Perhaps a 30-day trial period, after the
> autobuilder is set up? Then if we're seeing that the Java maintainers
> have had to beat people up a lot -- and particularly if that isn't
> yielding results -- then we revert?
OK, but perhaps with a slightly longer trial period. I'm not hung up on
that though.
> To be clear, I have no special decision-making power here. I'm hoping
> we can build a consensus to move in this direction, but it has to be a
> consensus decision.
Understood.
Andrew.