From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26433 invoked by alias); 27 Nov 2003 17:27:05 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 26424 invoked from network); 27 Nov 2003 17:27:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO bilbo.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.18) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 27 Nov 2003 17:27:04 -0000 Received: from zaretski ([80.230.152.228]) by bilbo.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.3.8-GR) with ESMTP id BYX38306; Thu, 27 Nov 2003 19:26:02 +0200 (IST) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 17:27:00 -0000 From: "Eli Zaretskii" To: Andrew Cagney Message-Id: <9178-Thu27Nov2003192422+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> CC: kevinb@redhat.com, drow@mvista.com, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: <3FC60A75.8090803@gnu.org> (message from Andrew Cagney on Thu, 27 Nov 2003 09:30:13 -0500) Subject: Re: [commit] Deprecate remaining STREQ uses Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <3FC119EB.1060102@gnu.org> <3FC234C0.1000500@gnu.org> <20031124165047.GA2227@nevyn.them.org> <1031124182547.ZM9776@localhost.localdomain> <3FC26407.9000704@gnu.org> <1031125000932.ZM11256@localhost.localdomain> <3FC60A75.8090803@gnu.org> X-SW-Source: 2003-11/txt/msg00604.txt.bz2 > Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 09:30:13 -0500 > From: Andrew Cagney > > If a contributor wants to add new code, or fix bugs in existing code, > they should not be increasing the use of existing deprecated mechanisms > (after all we should be able to reasonably expect contributors to not > make matters worse). But that's precisely why we have the patch review and approval procedure, right? Maintainers who approve patches are supposed to prevent code that uses deprecated machinery from being added.