Re: GCC 3.3 release criteria

[Janis Johnson <janis187 at us dot ibm dot com>]

On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 12:04:58PM -0800, Dan Kegel wrote:
> Kaveh R. Ghazi wrote:
> > <h3>Applications</h3>
> > 
> > <p>It is important that the compiler is verified on real-world
> > applications.  The following applications represent a mix of low-level
> > and high-level code, of numerical and logical programs, and of
> > different programming languages.</p>
> > 
> > <tr><td><a href="http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html";>ACE</a></td>
> >     <td>C++</td>
> >     <td>5.2</td>
> >     <td><a href="http://deuce.doc.wustl.edu/Download.html";>
> >         ACE (download)</a></td>
> >     <td>&nbsp;</td>
> > </tr>
> ...
> 
> Can we add Samba to the list?  It is quite widely used, and 3.2.2
> currently has a Samba regression at -O2 on Sparc that has
> caused some public wailing and gnashing of teeth.  See bug 8726
> http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gcc&pr=8726
> 
> If you agree, here's HTML that might do:
> 
> <tr><td><a href="http://www.samba.org";>Samba</a></td>
>      <td>C</td>
>      <td>2.2.7a</td>
>      <td><a href="http://us2.samba.org/samba/download.html";>Samba (download)</a></td>
>      <td>&nbsp;</td>
> </tr>

The release manager decides which applications to use for release
criteria.

In the meantime, though, we could add this to the list of applications
that are recommended for use in testing GCC; see the list at
http://gcc.gnu.org/testing/.  Everything in that list has a build and
test guide available that explains how to configure, build, and test
the application.  Those things might seem simple to anyone who's
already done it at least once, but these guides let other people get
set up very quickly.  If you'd like help setting up a build and test
guide for Samba, let me know.

Janis