From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2898 invoked by alias); 18 Nov 2009 17:18:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 2889 invoked by uid 22791); 18 Nov 2009 17:18:46 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp-out.google.com (HELO smtp-out.google.com) (216.239.33.17) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:17:33 +0000 Received: from wpaz29.hot.corp.google.com (wpaz29.hot.corp.google.com [172.24.198.93]) by smtp-out.google.com with ESMTP id nAIHHUO7002962 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:17:30 GMT Received: from pxi5 (pxi5.prod.google.com [10.243.27.5]) by wpaz29.hot.corp.google.com with ESMTP id nAIHGsFB024814 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:17:27 -0800 Received: by pxi5 with SMTP id 5so899691pxi.12 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:17:27 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.249.7 with SMTP id w7mr1349844wfh.317.1258564647122; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:17:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20091118120518.6lmk3chcm8gow8ss-nzlynne@webmail.spamcop.net> References: <4AE6E471.4020200@starynkevitch.net> <4AE7164D.9010200@starynkevitch.net> <84fc9c000910270855w736df367qe511d8db280aaeb4@mail.gmail.com> <2dc303d60910271056h17038110ib63c53cfa374f5c7@mail.gmail.com> <20091102074959.p8410ulv28sg0w44-nzlynne@webmail.spamcop.net> <20091106121424.ph6anlgbk0848sss-nzlynne@webmail.spamcop.net> <20091106132953.s84iph9egwso8oo8-nzlynne@webmail.spamcop.net> <002101ca6182$51c35900$f54a0b00$@com> <20091110001931.t1fwdifrkc04co0w-nzlynne@webmail.spamcop.net> <20091118120518.6lmk3chcm8gow8ss-nzlynne@webmail.spamcop.net> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:18:00 -0000 Message-ID: <38a0d8450911180917j75871dc2v1bb63de619e175ad@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [plugins-ici-cloning-instrumentation] install-plugin Makefile target From: Rafael Espindola To: Joern Rennecke Cc: GCC Mailing List , Grigori Fursin , ctuning-discussions@googlegroups.com, Grigori Fursin , Zbigniew Chamski , Richard Guenther , Basile STARYNKEVITCH , Ian Lance Taylor , Albert Cohen , Yuri Kashnikoff , Yuanjie Huang , Liang Peng , dorit@il.ibm.com, Mircea Namolaru , Diego Novillo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-System-Of-Record: true X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2009-11/txt/msg00462.txt.bz2 2009/11/18 Joern Rennecke : > What do people think about making install-plugin not only install > headers to build new plugins, but also install all plugins that > have been contributed up to the code freeze for the release. > > First, it would make testing the plugin interface and the plugins easier. > > Second, if the version of a plugin available with the release is good eno= ugh > for the needs of a user, (s)he can try out without having to install - or > having to have installed - the plugins separately. > > Third, when someone uses an experimental plugin for a while and then > upgrades > some time later to a newer gcc release, it is useful when an updated plug= in > version that works with the new gcc release comes with the new gcc > distribution. > Sound like a good idea, but I don't think we have agreed about including plugins with gcc. I would like it, but it is not the consensus. Cheers, --=20 Rafael =C3=81vila de Esp=C3=ADndola