Re: [PATCH] DWARF support for .debug_loc offsets

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313@ges.redhat.com>]

> Daniel Berlin <dberlin@dberlin.org> writes:
> 
>> On 11 Jul 2002, Jim Blandy wrote:
> 
>> > A procedural nit: putting "PATCH" in the subject line means by
>> > convention that you've committed, or are about to commit, the patch in
>> > your message.  If you're submitting a patch for approval, you should
>> > put "RFA" in your subject.
> 
>> 
>> You are aware, that the idea that putting [PATCH] in the line means you 
>> are committing a patch, is pretty much different than every other
>> project?
> 
> 
> No, I wasn't aware of that at all.
> 
> 
>> Look at GCC, fer instance.
>> [PATCH] means it's a patch, to be looked at.  
>> 
>> It's very confusing to submit patches to GDB, when it's the only one with 
>> different procedures.
> 
> 
> It seems to me GDB's conventions have been working pretty well, but
> maybe that's because we deal with regular contributors.  But if there
> are, in fact, established, widely-used conventions, then I think GDB
> should use them.

It gets regular comments and does confuse people.  There have been 
several attempts but no one has come up with a convention that sticks.

Andrew