Comments on Patching GCC

[Andrew Pinski]

On Sep 24, 2004, at 2:16 PM, Caroline Tice wrote:

>
> In general I think having a better way to track submitted patches so 
> that they don't get lost is
> a very good idea.  My one concern about attaching it to Bugzilla is: 
> What if someone wants to
> submit a patch for a (new) feature or extension, rather than a bug?  
> Is Bugzilla supposed to be used
> to track new feature development as well as existing bugs?  (I really 
> don't know; I'm just asking).

Yes Bugzilla is used to keep track of feature development and other
enhancements like optimization passes (there is one assigned to me
right now which I have been meaning to work on).

Thanks,
Andrew Pinski