From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25034 invoked by alias); 17 Jan 2004 02:17:41 -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 24902 invoked from network); 17 Jan 2004 02:17:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO caip.rutgers.edu) (128.6.236.10) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 17 Jan 2004 02:17:39 -0000 Received: from caip.rutgers.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by caip.rutgers.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0H2Hd3K023364; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:17:39 -0500 (EST) Received: (from ghazi@localhost) by caip.rutgers.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id i0H2HdPM023363; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:17:39 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 02:17:00 -0000 From: "Kaveh R. Ghazi" Message-Id: <200401170217.i0H2HdPM023363@caip.rutgers.edu> To: gdr@integrable-solutions.net Subject: Re: [RFC] Contributing tree-ssa to mainline Cc: dnovillo@redhat.com, gcc@gcc.gnu.org, gp@suse.de, jsm@polyomino.org.uk, law@redhat.com References: <1074298740.3147.79.camel@frodo.toronto.redhat.com> <200401170151.i0H1pjEn020723@caip.rutgers.edu> X-SW-Source: 2004-01/txt/msg00996.txt.bz2 > From: Gabriel Dos Reis > > "Kaveh R. Ghazi" writes: > > | I would echo Gerald and Joseph's comments about regressions and > | documentation. (However IMHO, it's up to frontend maintainers to > | upgrade their bits, so Ada and g77 not working is okay with me.) I > > I don't understand that argument. > > If someone contributes a patch that suddenly makes a front-end > non-working, we consider that a non-starter and reject the patch > until it addresses the "non-working" bits. I do not consider it fair > to change the mainline in a disruptive way for x front-ends and says > it is x front-ends maintainers' business to make it work. My feeling on this matter is purely in the context of all those goodies promised. If the new infrastructure is really that good, and we all agree this is the "future" of GCC, I can live with some frontends not working and asking it's community to pitch in and upgrade it. Feel free to disagree with me. But remember, they (tree-ssa advocates) promised a lot. If it turns out to be just a different infrastructure, as opposed to a better one, I wouldn't feel the same. --Kaveh -- Kaveh R. Ghazi ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu