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Re: Questions on Bug Reporting
- From: Joe Buck <Joe dot Buck at synopsys dot COM>
- To: Giovanni Bajo <giovannibajo at libero dot it>
- Cc: "Aaron W. LaFramboise" <aaronavay62 at aaronwl dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:07:42 -0700
- Subject: Re: Questions on Bug Reporting
- References: <416DFF15.5080801@aaronwl.com> <040101c4b1a6$6b7a2130$18422597@bagio>
On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 06:29:39AM +0200, Giovanni Bajo wrote:
> Aaron W. LaFramboise wrote:
>
> > 1) If I find a bug, and figure out how to fix it right away, is it
> > better to file a bug report in Bugzilla, or just post the patch to
> > gcc-patches without opening a PR?
>
> You can post directly a patch. Opening a PR is just a way to help you, to avoid
> not losing track of it, etc. For instance, it might happen that the patch is
> rejected and you do not want to rework it immediatly.
However, the people who approve patches might be more likely to give
priority to your patch if there is a good PR that makes clear that
there is a serious bug that you are fixing.