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Re: Ada mainline
> From: Robert Dewar
> > Diego Novillo wrote:
> >
> >
> > Have you read and understood http://gcc.gnu.org/contribute.html? If
> > that doesn't answer your questions, we should probably add the missing
> > bits.
>
> Yes, of course I have read this, but the entire premise here is of an
> extended community of developers submitting patches to a small group
> of people to be reviewed.
As I mentioned here http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2004-09/msg00468.html
there are other reasons for following our rules besides the explicit
approve/reject scenario by an existing guru.
Reasons include:
1. You often get helpful suggestions.
2. You help create/educate the next generation of developers.
3. There is a public audit trail and discussion for posterity.
You might not believe #1 can happen for Ada. That's true mostly
because your cloistered developement model means #2 and #3 can't
happen today. So only the handful of current ACT employees can ever
touch GNAT. If that's your goal, then you've been wildly successful.
But that model IMHO is ultimately self-defeating for both GNAT and
ACT.
--Kaveh
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Kaveh R. Ghazi ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu