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Re: removing src/dejagnu, src/expect
- From: Christopher Faylor <me at cgf dot cx>
- To: Ben Elliston <bje at au dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, gdb at gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 21:28:30 -0400
- Subject: Re: removing src/dejagnu, src/expect
- References: <87fz9ab8wj.fsf@au.ibm.com>
On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 08:23:40PM +1000, Ben Elliston wrote:
>At yesterday's GCC Summit testing BOF, there was a strong concensus
>that these directories should be removed from the src tree and that
>developers should install the latest releases of Expect and Dejagnu
>from their distribution/packaging system or from a source tarball at
>ftp.gnu.org.
>
>I'm declaring that I intend to do this and no sooner than Friday June
>11 at 00:00 UTC. I will be ensuring that no local patches, if any,
>are lost in this process. If you have any reasonable objection,
>please say so now .. :-)
When you say that you are going to "remove" these I hope you just mean
"cvs remove", right?
Rhetorical question: Are you taking cygwin into account in this
decision? If you've looked at the expect directory you would have seen
a few cygwin patches.
cgf