Mainline in regression-fix mode after Thanksgiving
Mark Mitchell
mark@codesourcery.com
Tue Nov 23 01:31:00 GMT 2004
Diego Novillo wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 20:15 -0500, Kazu Hirata wrote:
>
>
>>Are compile-time regressions considered to be regressions? I am
>>guessing the answer is "no" to be on the safe side.
>>
>
> I certainly hope they are. Several PRs are of this nature and compile
> time problems are among the #1 complaints I've heard about mainline.
Yes, compile-time regressions are OK -- but let's be circumspect. For
example, Nathan's bitmap patches are probably more aggressive than I'd
like after this goes into effect. Things that are less far-reaching and
have less associated murkyness would be better.
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Mark Mitchell
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