From: Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com>
To: pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at
Cc: martin@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de, edwin@netwood.net,
egcs@egcs.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: elided copy constructors
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 09:45:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199903281748.JAA08979@adsl-206-170-148-33.dsl.pacbell.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9903211456280.1651-100000@markab.dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
>>>>> "Gerald" == Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at> writes:
Gerald> At that point, please add this as a new entry to section
Gerald> "1. General information" of our FAQ, install the patch and
Gerald> send the corresponding diff to egsc-patches.
Here's what I put it.
--
Mark Mitchell mark@codesourcery.com
CodeSourcery, LLC http://www.codesourcery.com
Index: faq.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /egcs/carton/cvsfiles/wwwdocs/htdocs/faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.116
diff -c -p -r1.116 faq.html
*** faq.html 1999/03/24 00:27:34 1.116
--- faq.html 1999/03/28 17:44:31
*************** comp.std.c++ FAQ</a>.
*** 27,32 ****
--- 27,33 ----
<li><a href="#open-development">What is an open development model?</a>
<li><a href="#release-fork">Releases and Forking</a>
<li><a href="#bugreport">How to report bugs</a>
+ <li><a href="#support">How do I get a bug fixed or a feature added?</a>
</ol>
<li><a href="#installation">Installation</a>
*************** impossible. So, although we prefer to h
*** 283,288 ****
--- 284,319 ----
archived, if you cannot reduce the bug report below the limit, please
make it available for ftp or http and post the URL.
+ <hr>
+ <h2><a name="support">How do I get a bug fixed or a feature added?</a></h2>
+ <p>There are lots of ways to get something fixed. The list below may be
+ incomplete, but it covers many of the common cases. These are listed
+ roughly in order of increasing difficulty for the average GCC user,
+ meaning someone who is not skilled in the internals of GCC, and where
+ difficulty is measured in terms of the time required to fix the bug.
+ No alternative is better than any other; each has it's benefits and
+ disadvantages.
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>Hire someone to fix it for you. There are various companies and
+ individuals providing support for GCC. This alternative costs
+ money, but is relatively likely to get results.
+
+ <li>Report the problem to egcs-bugs and hope that someone will be kind
+ enough to fix it for you. While this is certainly possible, and
+ sometimes happens, there is no guarantee that it will. You should
+ not expect the same response from egcs-bugs that you would see
+ from a commercial support organization since the people who read
+ egcs-bugs, if they choose to help you, will be volunteering their
+ time. This alternative will work best if follow the directions on
+ <a href="#bugreport">submitting bugreports</a>.
+
+ <li>Fix it yourself. This alternative will probably bring results,
+ if you work hard enough, but will probably take a lot of time,
+ and, depending on the quality of your work and the perceived
+ benefits of your changes, your code may or may not ever make it
+ into an official release of EGCS.
+ </ul>
<hr>
<a name="installation"></a>
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID
From: Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com>
To: pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at
Cc: martin@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de, edwin@netwood.net,
egcs@egcs.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: elided copy constructors
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 23:46:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199903281748.JAA08979@adsl-206-170-148-33.dsl.pacbell.net> (raw)
Message-ID: <19990331234600.JsjHVhYZSD7U-SVq19HAM9dxDPaWDDr7MouPAWWjANI@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9903211456280.1651-100000@markab.dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
>>>>> "Gerald" == Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at> writes:
Gerald> At that point, please add this as a new entry to section
Gerald> "1. General information" of our FAQ, install the patch and
Gerald> send the corresponding diff to egsc-patches.
Here's what I put it.
--
Mark Mitchell mark@codesourcery.com
CodeSourcery, LLC http://www.codesourcery.com
Index: faq.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /egcs/carton/cvsfiles/wwwdocs/htdocs/faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.116
diff -c -p -r1.116 faq.html
*** faq.html 1999/03/24 00:27:34 1.116
--- faq.html 1999/03/28 17:44:31
*************** comp.std.c++ FAQ</a>.
*** 27,32 ****
--- 27,33 ----
<li><a href="#open-development">What is an open development model?</a>
<li><a href="#release-fork">Releases and Forking</a>
<li><a href="#bugreport">How to report bugs</a>
+ <li><a href="#support">How do I get a bug fixed or a feature added?</a>
</ol>
<li><a href="#installation">Installation</a>
*************** impossible. So, although we prefer to h
*** 283,288 ****
--- 284,319 ----
archived, if you cannot reduce the bug report below the limit, please
make it available for ftp or http and post the URL.
+ <hr>
+ <h2><a name="support">How do I get a bug fixed or a feature added?</a></h2>
+ <p>There are lots of ways to get something fixed. The list below may be
+ incomplete, but it covers many of the common cases. These are listed
+ roughly in order of increasing difficulty for the average GCC user,
+ meaning someone who is not skilled in the internals of GCC, and where
+ difficulty is measured in terms of the time required to fix the bug.
+ No alternative is better than any other; each has it's benefits and
+ disadvantages.
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>Hire someone to fix it for you. There are various companies and
+ individuals providing support for GCC. This alternative costs
+ money, but is relatively likely to get results.
+
+ <li>Report the problem to egcs-bugs and hope that someone will be kind
+ enough to fix it for you. While this is certainly possible, and
+ sometimes happens, there is no guarantee that it will. You should
+ not expect the same response from egcs-bugs that you would see
+ from a commercial support organization since the people who read
+ egcs-bugs, if they choose to help you, will be volunteering their
+ time. This alternative will work best if follow the directions on
+ <a href="#bugreport">submitting bugreports</a>.
+
+ <li>Fix it yourself. This alternative will probably bring results,
+ if you work hard enough, but will probably take a lot of time,
+ and, depending on the quality of your work and the perceived
+ benefits of your changes, your code may or may not ever make it
+ into an official release of EGCS.
+ </ul>
<hr>
<a name="installation"></a>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-03-28 9:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-03-19 14:23 E. Robert Tisdale
[not found] ` < 36F2CDC1.8B4FEC4A@netwood.net >
1999-03-19 15:18 ` Martin v. Loewis
[not found] ` < 199903192313.AAA00798@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de >
1999-03-19 15:54 ` Mark Mitchell
[not found] ` < 199903192356.PAA03038@adsl-206-170-148-33.dsl.pacbell.net >
1999-03-19 19:20 ` Tim Hollebeek
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Tim Hollebeek
1999-03-20 6:26 ` espie
[not found] ` < 19990320142609.15873.qmail@quatramaran.ens.fr >
1999-03-20 7:18 ` Martin v. Loewis
[not found] ` < 199903201510.QAA08826@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de >
1999-03-20 9:50 ` Mark Mitchell
[not found] ` < 199903201752.JAA04517@adsl-206-170-148-33.dsl.pacbell.net >
1999-03-20 11:16 ` craig
1999-03-31 23:46 ` craig
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Mark Mitchell
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Martin v. Loewis
1999-03-31 23:46 ` espie
1999-03-21 6:09 ` Gerald Pfeifer
1999-03-28 9:45 ` Mark Mitchell [this message]
1999-03-29 12:50 ` Gerald Pfeifer
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Gerald Pfeifer
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Mark Mitchell
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Gerald Pfeifer
1999-03-21 8:41 ` New webpage? Providing egcs support Gerald Pfeifer
[not found] ` < Pine.GSO.4.10.9903211733410.1651-100000@markab.dbai.tuwien.ac.at >
1999-03-21 9:38 ` Mark Mitchell
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Mark Mitchell
1999-03-21 11:08 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Gerald Pfeifer
1999-03-31 23:46 ` elided copy constructors Mark Mitchell
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Martin v. Loewis
1999-03-31 23:46 ` E. Robert Tisdale
1999-03-19 15:37 Timmy Mulligins
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Timmy Mulligins
[not found] <36F2CDC1.8B4FEC4A.cygnus.egcs@netwood.net>
1999-03-20 1:12 ` Jason Merrill
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Jason Merrill
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