Ada policy

[Matt Austern]

On Aug 30, 2004, at 8:22 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote:

> kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner) writes:
>
>> The point is what to do with the FSF tree with respect to fixes for
>> bugs for which no resources are available to make a non-proprietary
>> test case.  Should the fix for the bug not be propagated to the FSF
>> tree?  I see no argument in favor of doing that.
>
> For the record, I'm fine with putting the fix in the FSF tree and
> declaring that there is a test case but it's proprietary code, in
> this circumstance.  However, developing non-encumbered test cases
> is certainly a Good Thing, and IMO worth spending time on.

The other thing, of course, is that people who are working with
the FSF compiler and the free test suite can't be expected to
fix regressions that are only visible in a proprietary test suite
that they don't have access to.

The basic question, as far as I can tell, is: for someone who
isn't a dedicated Ada maintainer, how much responsibility do they
have for keeping Ada working? If everyone is happy for the answer
to be "not very much", then most of these discussions about process
can be put aside.

			--Matt