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Re: Patch commit requirements
- To: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Subject: Re: Patch commit requirements
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 21:22:58 +0100 (BST)
- cc: Geoff Keating <geoffk at redhat dot com>, "gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, "jh at suse dot cz" <jh at suse dot cz>, "amylaar at redhat dot com" <amylaar at redhat dot com>, "law at cygnus dot com" <law at cygnus dot com>
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> > I'm considering simply reverting such patches in the future, as soon
> > as I get the report of the build failure. Does anyone think this
> > unreasonable?
>
> I certainly don't. In fact, I have a proposal before the SC that
> deals with this issue as part of the way of doing future releases.
> So, it might make sense for that debate to conclude (hopefully, soon),
> and then we can have an Official Policy.
Could this policy allow reversion of patches that add undocumented
options, target macros, etc., as well?
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Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk