From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14659 invoked by alias); 14 Jan 2002 18:44:25 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 14598 invoked from network); 14 Jan 2002 18:44:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO cygnus.com) (205.180.230.5) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 14 Jan 2002 18:44:19 -0000 Received: from greed.delorie.com (cse.sfbay.redhat.com [205.180.230.236]) by runyon.cygnus.com (8.8.7-cygnus/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA28610; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 10:44:12 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dj@localhost) by greed.delorie.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0EIi6c11570; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 13:44:06 -0500 Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 11:11:00 -0000 Message-Id: <200201141844.g0EIi6c11570@greed.delorie.com> From: DJ Delorie To: zack@codesourcery.com CC: gcc@gcc.gnu.org In-reply-to: <20020113222444.GD3944@codesourcery.com> (message from Zack Weinberg on Sun, 13 Jan 2002 14:24:44 -0800) Subject: Re: Remaining host configuration fragments References: <20020110215927.GF21092@codesourcery.com> <200201102240.g0AMejG22256@greed.delorie.com> <20020113222444.GD3944@codesourcery.com> X-SW-Source: 2002-01/txt/msg01000.txt.bz2 > Sounds like a good idea to me. You meant include/filenames.h, right? Yeah, that one. > I am trying to push a general principle that we should actively prune > obsolete configurations rather than leave the code around to rot > slowly and confuse people trying to do maintenance. I think we should adopt something like gdb's policy - obsoletions should be publically announced well in advance, noted in release X, deprecated in release X+1, and removed in release X+2. Otherwise, you risk obsoleting a platform that has a silent but non-zero user base.