Contributing to GCC

[Krzesimir Nowak]

2014-10-17 9:31 GMT+02:00 Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com>:
> Hi!
>
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:12:07 +0200, Krzesimir Nowak <qdlacz@gmail.com> wrote:
>> My name is Krzesimir Nowak and I'd like to try my hand at contributing
>> to gcc in my free time.
>
> Great, and welcome!
>
>> To start learning a workflow I started with something easy - 42014.
>
> As this is one of the issues listed on
> <https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/EasyHacks>, I assume you've already seen this,
> and other pages, such as <https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GettingStarted>.
>

Yes, exactly.

>> Is
>> testcase for this fix necessary (it would be checking preprocessor
>> output)?
>
> Yes.  Please see the previous discussion about one aspect of PR42014,
> <http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3C1727363575.9580702.1368168907851.JavaMail.root%40redhat.com%3E>.
>

Ok, thanks.

>> Is sending a patch created by "git format-patch" for review
>> with git-send-email to gcc-patches acceptable (or even better - git
>> patches with cover letter)?
>
> A lot of contributors send in-line patches in their emails, but using
> "modern" tools, such as Git, is certainly fine, too.
>

I was asking, because, in the beginning at least, somebody will have
to commit the patch to trunk for me. I don't know if svn understands
git patches.

>
> Grüße,
>  Thomas