From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7052 invoked by alias); 9 Jun 2009 17:20:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 7038 invoked by uid 22791); 9 Jun 2009 17:20:49 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp-102-tuesday.nerim.net (HELO kraid.nerim.net) (62.4.16.102) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:20:41 +0000 Received: from hector.lesours (ours.starynkevitch.net [213.41.244.95]) by kraid.nerim.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39F5FCF9BC; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 19:20:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from glinka.lesours ([192.168.0.1]) by hector.lesours with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ME503-0000Wv-HE; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:20:39 +0200 Message-ID: <4A2E99EE.6010102@starynkevitch.net> Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:20:00 -0000 From: Basile STARYNKEVITCH User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090103) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Haley CC: GCC Mailing List Subject: Re: increasing the number of GCC reviewers References: <4A2E8528.8090604@starynkevitch.net> <4A2E91B2.7040703@redhat.com> <4A2E9922.1090208@starynkevitch.net> In-Reply-To: <4A2E9922.1090208@starynkevitch.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 2009-06/txt/msg00185.txt.bz2 Basile STARYNKEVITCH wrote: > Andrew Haley wrote: >> Basile STARYNKEVITCH wrote: > > PS. [note *] GCC is a huge software, so understanding well a part of > it could be enough to understand some patches. > And GCC is a huge software I meant GCC is growing a lot. Its increase rate (about 1MLOC in less than 3 years) is impressive. > so the set of people understanding all of it is shrinking; perhaps > even it could be empty! (I never met any person claiming to understand > all of GCC; for sure I will never understand all of it.). > -- Basile STARYNKEVITCH http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/ email: basilestarynkevitchnet mobile: +33 6 8501 2359 8, rue de la Faiencerie, 92340 Bourg La Reine, France *** opinions {are only mines, sont seulement les miennes} ***