Re: embedded target breakage [Was: Re: Patch commit requirements]

[Geoff Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>]

> From: Toshi Morita <tm2@best.com>
> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 15:24:36 -0700 (PDT)

> From my viewpoint, the bottleneck is in the patch review and
> approval process.  I've sent a patch which fixes the h8300-hms
> bootstrap problem TWICE to gcc-patches, and it was never reviewed or
> accepted for inclusion.
> 
> In addition, there are about six other patches I've posted which fix
> various other problems for which I'm waiting for approval before
> doing any other work.
> 
> I would do more work on gcc, but right now it feels like all my
> patches are being posted into a huge black hole, so it's pretty
> discouraging.  I'm sure other people feel the same way, since I see
> them post messages entitled "My Unreviewed Patches" enumerating
> their unreviewed patches.

I couldn't find a h8300-related patch in the last 4000 messages sent
to gcc-patches, other than one trivial thing I just approved.
However, 4000 messages only takes us back three months, so it's
possible your patch was before that.

I believe that a high proportion of patches sent to the list do get
reviewed.  The problem is that if a patch gets missed, there is no
way of keeping track of the backlog and no time to work on it even if
there was; and after a few months, a patch really needs to be
re-tested before adding it in anyway.

-- 
- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>