[PATCH, d] Add README for process contributing to dmd and phobos

[PATCH, d] Add README for process contributing to dmd and phobos

[Iain Buclaw]

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Hi,

Joseph made mention that there isn't a readme documenting where
changes to d/dmd, libphobos/libdruntime, and libphobos/src should go.

I hope this clears things up.  OK for trunk?

-- 
Iain
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gcc/d/ChangeLog:

2019-01-10  Iain Buclaw  <ibuclaw@gdcproject.org>

    * README.gcc: New file.

libphobos/ChangeLog:

2019-01-10  Iain Buclaw  <ibuclaw@gdcproject.org>

    * README.gcc: New file.

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diff --git a/gcc/d/README.gcc b/gcc/d/README.gcc
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index 00000000000..757545cc705
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+The files in the dmd subdirectory are part of the front-end for the
+Digital Mars D compiler, hosted at https://github.com/dlang/dmd/.
+
+They cover the lexical analysis, parsing, and semantic analysis of the
+D Programming Language defined in the documents at https://dlang.org/.
+
+To report a problem or look up known issues with the dmd front-end,
+please visit the issue tracker at https://issues.dlang.org/.
+
+All changes to dmd should go through the upstream repository first,
+then merged back to GCC.
diff --git a/libphobos/README.gcc b/libphobos/README.gcc
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index 00000000000..53593783995
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+The files in this directory where noted are part of the DRuntime
+and Phobos library.
+
+DRuntime is the low-level runtime library backing the D programming
+language, hosted at https://github.com/dlang/druntime/.
+
+Phobos is the standard library for the D Programming Language, hosted
+at https://github.com/dlang/phobos/.
+
+The following sources and directories are part of DRuntime:
+  libdruntime/core/
+  libdruntime/gc/
+  libdruntime/gcstub/
+  libdruntime/object.d
+  libdruntime/rt/
+
+The following sources and directories are part of Phobos:
+  src/etc/
+  src/index.d
+  src/std/
+
+To report a bug or look up known issues with the runtime or standard
+library please visit the issue tracker at https://issues.dlang.org/.
+
+All changes to either of these libraries should go through the
+upstream repository first, then merged back to GCC.

Re: [PATCH, d] Add README for process contributing to dmd and phobos

[Joseph Myers]

On Thu, 10 Jan 2019, Iain Buclaw wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Joseph made mention that there isn't a readme documenting where
> changes to d/dmd, libphobos/libdruntime, and libphobos/src should go.
> 
> I hope this clears things up.  OK for trunk?

This sort of patch is clearly covered by D maintainership.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com

Re: [PATCH, d] Add README for process contributing to dmd and phobos

[Iain Buclaw]

On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 at 18:26, Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 10 Jan 2019, Iain Buclaw wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Joseph made mention that there isn't a readme documenting where
> > changes to d/dmd, libphobos/libdruntime, and libphobos/src should go.
> >
> > I hope this clears things up.  OK for trunk?
>
> This sort of patch is clearly covered by D maintainership.
>

OK. Thought it best to wait before committing, as the content is not
meant for myself to understand.

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Iain