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Re: To Steering Committee: RFC for patch revert policy (PR48403, bootstrap broken on many targets)

From: Richard Guenther <richard dot guenther at gmail dot com>
To: Bernd Schmidt <bernds at codesourcery dot com>
Cc: Steven Bosscher <stevenb dot gcc at gmail dot com>, Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google 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>, "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 12:47:23 +0200
Subject: Re: To Steering Committee: RFC for patch revert policy (PR48403, bootstrap broken on many targets)
References: <BANLkTi=AgWe2QOQ=bZ+a1XT7YQ1J1YKtyw@mail.gmail.com> <mcr1v1hfx5i.fsf@google.com> <4D9A6CDA.6080203@codesourcery.com> <BANLkTims04-n=aN7gUz=r-3BNuEgGTXGNQ@mail.gmail.com> <4D9AF234.6020108@codesourcery.com>

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Bernd Schmidt <bernds@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> On 04/05/2011 08:26 AM, Steven Bosscher wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:14 AM, Bernd Schmidt <bernds@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>>
>>> For i686-linux bootstraps it's hard to argue against it, but in general
>>> I find it easier to cope with the occasional broken tree than with
>>> getting patches reverted when you can't reproduce the failure.
>>
>> Maybe you find that easier, but auto-testers do not.
>
> The auto-testers serve the developers, not the other way round.

At least our ones were completely unaffected and appearantly
couldn't reproduce the bootstrap failure either.

Richard.

References:
- To Steering Committee: RFC for patch revert policy (PR48403, bootstrap broken on many targets)
  - From: Steven Bosscher
- Re: To Steering Committee: RFC for patch revert policy (PR48403, bootstrap broken on many targets)
  - From: Ian Lance Taylor
- Re: To Steering Committee: RFC for patch revert policy (PR48403, bootstrap broken on many targets)
  - From: Bernd Schmidt
- Re: To Steering Committee: RFC for patch revert policy (PR48403, bootstrap broken on many targets)
  - From: Steven Bosscher
- Re: To Steering Committee: RFC for patch revert policy (PR48403, bootstrap broken on many targets)
  - From: Bernd Schmidt

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