From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18217 invoked by alias); 16 Apr 2002 11:32:47 -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 18173 invoked from network); 16 Apr 2002 11:32:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO disaster.jaj.com) (66.92.223.91) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 16 Apr 2002 11:32:39 -0000 Received: (from phil@localhost) by disaster.jaj.com (8.11.4/8.11.4) id g3GBWCB17433; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 06:32:12 -0500 Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 06:08:00 -0000 From: Phil Edwards To: Neil Booth Cc: Mark Mitchell , "gcc@gcc.gnu.org" Subject: Re: patch/proposal: obsolete configurations in 3.1 Message-ID: <20020416073212.A17411@disaster.basement.lan> References: <3CBA0045.5090401@srv.net> <24520000.1018880545@gandalf.codesourcery.com> <20020415221007.A15507@disaster.basement.lan> <20020416053949.GD14885@daikokuya.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020416053949.GD14885@daikokuya.demon.co.uk>; from neil@daikokuya.demon.co.uk on Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 06:39:49AM +0100 X-SW-Source: 2002-04/txt/msg00687.txt.bz2 On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 06:39:49AM +0100, Neil Booth wrote: > Phil Edwards wrote:- > > > The cleanup of config/* seems to be proceeding well. > > Wow, you're optimistic! I only said "proceeding," not "nearing completion." :-) If we move from 8 percent done to 9 percent done in a reasonable amount of time, that's proceeding well -- but doesn't change the fact that we're only 9 percent done. > Not to denegrate the hard work many have done > there, but I see so much work to do in config/* and isolating target > dependence within GCC's internals that it scares me. Yeah... this is one of the projects that I'd love to see done but am not capable of doing. It would seem that a specs overhaul/replacement would also help in this area. (Heck, is there a facet of GCC that /wouldn't/ be improved by replacing or at least reworking specs?) Phil -- If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home and leave us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. - Samuel Adams