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Re: To Steering Committee: RFC for patch revert policy (PR48403, bootstrap broken on many targets)
- From: Jeff Law <law at redhat dot com>
- To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- Cc: Steven Bosscher <stevenb dot gcc at gmail dot com>, GCC Mailing List <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, David Edelsohn <dje at gcc dot gnu dot org>, Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz at redhat dot com>, Bernd Schmidt <bernds at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:51:37 -0600
- Subject: Re: To Steering Committee: RFC for patch revert policy (PR48403, bootstrap broken on many targets)
- References: <BANLkTi=AgWe2QOQ=bZ+a1XT7YQ1J1YKtyw@mail.gmail.com> <BANLkTimyXLxCdqV9A8SVQgF7trss3N8LdQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 04/04/11 16:20, H.J. Lu wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Steven Bosscher <stevenb.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> My proposal would be: A patch may be reverted immediately by anyone
>> with SVN write access if bootstrap is broken for more than 24 hours on
>> any primary target. With proper notification to everyone involved,
>> obviously.
>
> I agree.
>
> FWIW, I reported the breakage and identified the cause within 8 hours of
> the initial checkin.
A report 8 hrs after a checkin may fall outside working for some
developers, so they won't see it until the next work day. Obviously the
developer would be expected to address the problem ASAP, but let's not
get out of hand on reverting patches.
jeff
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