Target-specific bugs (was Re: Number of 3.3 hi-pri PRs going up)

[Joseph S. Myers]

On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, Nathanael Nerode wrote:

> 1. Platforms for which no 3.x build has been reported: Close all 
> target-specific bugs immediately and possibly deprecate the platform. 

We should close such bugs when support for the target is *removed* from
mainline, not when the target is deprecated.  (And this is something that
does need to be done as part of the target removal process, just as stray
references to the target and its problems need to be removed from
trouble.texi and elsewhere in the manual and sources - preferably as part
of the target removal rather than left for someone else to do later.)

This may make sense for native platforms, but in general people do not
seem to report their cross builds at all or submit testresults for them.

I would like to see a list of all supported platforms (which I think ought
to go in install.texi, host/target specific notes, even where there are no
specific notes for a system, just so that users can see exactly which
systems are supported and what their target triples are) together with the
list of those native systems which haven't had a 3.x build report or
testresults sent and so are candidates for deprecation.  (Also indicate
which if any of those have had any user interest at all - questions asked
about them, or bug reports saying they don't work.)

Also remember that some target-specific bugs are in fact bugs in generic
code that just happen only to show up on certain platforms.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk