Re: PROPOSAL: Variation on an Alternate policy for obsoleting targets

[Bruce Korb <bkorb at veritas dot com>]

DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > Maintainers would make at least one build with a GCC_MAINTAINER_MODE
> > environment variable set.
> 
> Not all native targets support maintainer mode.  Not all native
> targets even support testing.
> 
> IMHO any requirement for active participation to keep from being
> obsoleted is not the right solution.

OK.  That means the fixes will grow without bound.  The only hint
about applicable platforms is in the comments and fix names.  But
hints are only hints and not gospel.  Somehow, any supported platform
needs to have the supporter communicating with GCC development in
some way, yes?  Otherwise, what does it mean to say the platform
is supported?  All I'm asking for is:

  WHATEVERYOUWANTTOCALLIT=true
  export WHATEVERYOUWANTTOCALLIT

  <<do all the building and optional testing during which fixincl
    will do its thing>>

  /bin/mail -s "fixinc results for `config.guess`" gcc-fixinc@gcc.gnu.org \
      < somefile

If this is too much for some maintainer, couldn't it be argued
that this maintainer is not maintaining?