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Re: We have no active maintainer for the i386 port
- From: "H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- To: Steven Bosscher <stevenb dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, Uros Bizjak <ubizjak at gmail dot com>, Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 07:54:14 -0800
- Subject: Re: We have no active maintainer for the i386 port
- References: <200701061642.27860.steven.bosscher@gmail.com>
On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 04:42:27PM +0100, Steven Bosscher wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We currently do not have an active maintainer for the i386 port. The
> only listed maintainer for the port is rth, and he hasn't been around
> to approve patches in a while. This situation is a bit strange for
> a port that IMHO is one of the most important ports GCC has...
>
> In the mean time, patches don't get approved (see e.g. [1]), or they
> get approved by middle-end maintainers who, strictly speaking, should
> not be approving backend patches, as I understand it.
>
> So, can the SC please appoint a new/extra i386 port maintainer?
>
I think it is overdue.
H.J.