From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-vs1-xe2f.google.com (mail-vs1-xe2f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::e2f]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C21B3858C51 for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2022 17:26:46 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 7C21B3858C51 Received: by mail-vs1-xe2f.google.com with SMTP id j16so14562958vso.3 for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2022 10:26:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=jFKRvCCsyrZAc8EBOj2VQtlLvKMfeb5Rlqx1WoRfTkY=; b=JoEBH/p9ssIBVI8udY0Y/OMj7aRyvIG9bmZfH5oo7g/DUtzFsFf3p5nxZNIDQcFpEy wsWr01lbitBcA8uRkU5xAUtMsJIgafUL5aE5Q6fNvZg5iZxWp8yB8kmL3TFxDOLoHL7o PufdV7Wk3T5YrBpaVNQA93zygBjbKpMWIjV2yeNTHgYNWhiWZF3o80lcbEMUI/BOfoN4 DxcBafmpwDMcjN9yJWr4vwJ1+Zz+bCTT6Y33rb94R7JYv3sjUcYFf4jGS7gQbdZETRVs 0+aZanhunR/uq8bj80bNTTTTAF0Oj+qXe2ZYFga/ACSHzxj56t/hkS7eAG4+cu3F3La2 Es9g== X-Gm-Message-State: AJIora+yq5vpKtGTaPgNC2xgaW8sdIV5tR2dHvkuHx5zFEZvZPOM/ckK kM6dHkt4GQGCf91y1u3ZreZPmyt4QFFNnYbGPHaVtGTT4uI55g== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGRyM1slm+7jldsEVi10uKUL0aa8i6P6KhFM2WAENKI+35fXx3Iju9kwJu7R2zOR9B9xTp46qIQmG1gD2BrNTKkr37c= X-Received: by 2002:a67:b843:0:b0:34c:8fe9:896f with SMTP id o3-20020a67b843000000b0034c8fe9896fmr11973645vsh.20.1655832405896; Tue, 21 Jun 2022 10:26:45 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <874k0fzke1.fsf@esperi.org.uk> <5222EC1F-A9D2-48BA-A4F2-6141CA88C687@gmail.com> <87sfnyxhbq.fsf@esperi.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <87sfnyxhbq.fsf@esperi.org.uk> From: lkcl Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 18:26:33 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Are big tests allowed in binutils? To: Nick Alcock Cc: lkcl via Binutils , Dmitry Selyutin Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: binutils@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Binutils mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 17:26:48 -0000 On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 2:43 PM Nick Alcock wrote: > preferred form for modification in this case is pretty clearly not the > generated testcases but the autogenerators themselves (and any input to > them), so the GPL requires you to provide the generators too. They don't > have to be in the binutils repo, but honestly putting them in there so > people can manually run them if needed seems like a good idea. (Stick > in simple pointers to the deps as well, particularly if just figuring ou > what the deps *are* would otherwise be difficult, as "absolutely mental" > suggests it would be). *click*. of course. you don't commit the source code of llvm to the binutils repo just because it's a tool that's required, even though the GPL states clearly that the tool(s) must be *available*. (i mention llvm deliberately because, like the tools we use to auto-generate the tests, it's also not GPL-licensed). describing where those tools are is a good call. l.