Re: [patch] compile: rm -rf -> ftw()+rmdir()+unlink() [Re: [patch] compile: Fix MinGW build]

Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-19T08:24:09Z

> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 22:23:53 +0100
> From: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
> Cc: palves@redhat.com, ktietz@redhat.com, sellcey@imgtec.com,
> brobecker@adacore.com, yao@codesourcery.com,
> gdb-patches@sourceware.org
>
> On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 22:11:16 +0100, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > If this is a problem, how about writing down the requirements?
>
> I was more general above.

So was I. If you think our requirements are not detailed enough, with
the result of complicating the patch submission process and the job of
contributors, I think we should try to put more details into the
existing documentation.

Of course, some requirements that come up during the review cannot
possibly be codified, because they are general principles or minor
preferences that are too many to write down. I don't think we can
avoid that, but we could try. E.g., after each such issue comes up,
we could ask ourselves whether it is worth adding to the
documentation.