From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29920 invoked by alias); 13 Sep 2003 00:36:51 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 29912 invoked from network); 13 Sep 2003 00:36:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO redhat.com) (24.131.133.249) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 13 Sep 2003 00:36:51 -0000 Received: by redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 201) id DF0DE32A822; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 20:36:48 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 00:36:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: gcc HEAD bad stabs (?) Message-ID: <20030913003648.GD26022@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain , gdb@sources.redhat.com References: <200309130017.h8D0HgJl028923@duracef.shout.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200309130017.h8D0HgJl028923@duracef.shout.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SW-Source: 2003-09/txt/msg00177.txt.bz2 On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 08:17:42PM -0400, Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote: >cgf> Hmm. Have you considered sending email with a subject like "The >cgf> continual degradation of stabs with gcc" or something like that? >cgf> I'd do it but then someone would ask for details... > >Well, gcc has a process in place: I file P1 bugs, I mark them as "[3.4 >regression]", Mark Mitchell in his capacity as release manager tracks >all the regression bugs. We can't really make other people fix bugs. >Look to our own house; the number of open gdb bugs goes up and up and >up. You seem to be discounting the impact of email which summarizes a trend. Everyone knows that gcc is getting slower and slower, too. There may even be bugs filed against that fact. But often when someone posts hard facts showing the trend, there is a flurry of interest and activity. I'm sure that the gdb community would respond similarly. Anyway, you asked for suggestions on what you could do. I responded. I certainly know how the free software world works and wasn't suggesting that we could force anyone to do anything. cgf