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Re: embedded target breakage [Was: Re: Patch commit requirements]
- To: tm2 at best dot com (Toshi Morita)
- Subject: Re: embedded target breakage [Was: Re: Patch commit requirements]
- From: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot COM>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 12:01:24 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: geoffk at redhat dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Toshi writes:
> >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 know that this is frustrating. Patch reviewers get overwhelmed and
things slip through the cracks that don't match the priorities of the
developers, which, for 3.0, was to meet the release criteria as much as
possible. Because of this, it is necessary to be persistent.
One of our priorities for 3.0.1 is fixing breakage on embedded
platforms. So please re-submit your patches (which may need changes to
work against 3.0), as I'm sure that they'll now get more attention.