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Re: New back end ia16: 16-bit Intel x86
Hi,
On Wed, 8 Aug 2007, Rask Ingemann Lambertsen wrote:
> Looking at the few people who have commented on the issue, I notice
> that among those who are not i386 maintainers, 100 % are in favour of a
> merge. Among the i386 maintainers, 50 % are in favour and 50 % are
> against. I'll be working on the 16-bit x86 code and is also against it.
FWIW, I'm not maintainer of anything, but I think you should have no
obligation to merge it. The pros of merging are not at all clear, the
cons are conceivable, so you as author should have the last say. We
should be happy that someone is submitting a new backend, if he wants to
have it separate for maintenance reasons or clarity, so be it, it can't
have any effect on the other backends then. If others see so many
advantages of having it merged, then, well, they should do the work.
Ciao,
Michael.