From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13670 invoked by alias); 10 Jan 2011 10:44:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 13656 invoked by uid 22791); 10 Jan 2011 10:44:09 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from snape.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (HELO smtp-relay.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE) (129.70.160.84) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:44:04 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-relay.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A57C487; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:44:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp-relay.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (malfoy.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id xj5Sownljpva; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:43:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE [129.70.161.120]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp-relay.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 350E8486; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:43:58 +0100 (CET) Received: (from ro@localhost) by manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4/Submit) id p0AAhv9c020931; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:43:57 +0100 (MET) From: Rainer Orth To: Dave Korn Cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, java-patches@gcc.gnu.org, Hans Boehm , Paolo Bonzini , Janis Johnson , Ben Elliston , Ralf Wildenhues Subject: Re: [testsuite, build] Convert boehm-gc testsuite to DejaGnu (PR boehm-gc/11412) References: <4D24D8AA.4040404@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:55:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <4D24D8AA.4040404@gmail.com> (Dave Korn's message of "Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:46:34 +0000") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (usg-unix-v) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gcc-patches-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-patches-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2011-01/txt/msg00528.txt.bz2 Dave Korn writes: > On 05/01/2011 18:06, Rainer Orth wrote: > >> I don't really know what I'm asking for right now: I fear in it's >> current state, the code could be too fragile for trunk and it would be >> better to wait until 4.6 branches and then flesh out issues on mainline. > > I think this is unambiguously stage1 material. But that doesn't mean you > can't post it now and get a deferred "OK once trunk is back in stage1". Ok. The trouble will probably be finding someone to review and approve that stuff, stage 1 or not. >> However, all sorts of suggestions, encouragements (or discouragements :-) >> are more than welcome. > > I do think it's an definite good idea, for all the reasons you suggested. Thanks. Looking at the current libgo testsuite makes me think so as well :-) Rainer -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University