From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Martin v. Loewis" To: Timothy.Bedding@btinternet.com Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org, Timothy.Bedding@btinternet.com Subject: Re: gcc bugs Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 13:15:00 -0000 Message-id: <200003272108.XAA01098@loewis.home.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: X-SW-Source: 2000-03/msg00702.html > So how do I go about finding a bug to work on? > I see there is a gcc-prs mailing list. > > Could I just choose a problem mentioned on that list? That, or the Web interface at http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl > Do I need to worry about duplicating effort? Unlikely - especially if the bug is older. You can also look at the expected failures in the test suites; nobody is going to work on any of these any time soon. If you really want to be cautious, you could announce that you are going to look at a specific problem before you start doing so. > I see that some emails have a link to the GNATS system. > > Is there a different front ends for GNATS? Different from what? There is the Web interface, and an email interface. There is also a set of command line tools, but they only work on the local machine, so nobody is using them. > It would be good to have a web page detailing the bug fixing > procedures that someone like myself should follow. That would be good. Do you want to write one? If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask (just as you currently do). There aren't that many new contributors every week, so we can handle all questions that pop up. GCC internals questions usually get a higher priority from maintainers than people that just ask FAQs. Looking forward to your patches, Martin