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Re: RFC: LRA for x86/x86-64 [0/9]
From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 11:55:56 -0700
> Steven is correct in saying that there is a tendency to move on and
> never address GCC bugs. However, there is also a counter-vailing
> tendency to fix GCC bugs. Anyhow I'm certainly not saying that in all
> cases it's OK to accept a merge with regressions; I'm saying that in
> this specific case it is OK.
I think it's more important in this case to recognize Steven's real
point, which is that for an identical situation (IRA), and with an
identical patch author, we had similar bugs. They were promised to be
worked on, and yet some of those regressions are still very much with
us.
The likelyhood of a repeat is therefore very real.
I really don't have a lot of confidence given what has happened in
the past. I also don't understand what's so evil about sorting this
out on a branch. It's the perfect carrot to get the compile time
regressions fixed.