On 02.05.2012 18:07, Patrick Baggett wrote: > Matthias, > > I wouldn't mind helping a bit, as I'd like to see GCC 4.7 be the default on > ia64. I'm good at C/C++ programming and can definitely provide upstream > patches, but I have absolutely no idea what the "debian way" of doing > things is -- right now, I'm an end-user. What can I do?
hi Patrick, please have a look at the ia64 specific bug reports for the gcc-4.6 and gcc-4.7 sources. Then try to reproduce these using the available compiler versions (4.4, to 4.7 and trunk/gcc-snapshot). Get the preprocessed source, try to to produce a smaller test case, which can be forwarded upstream, try to find out if it's a regression compared to earlier gcc releases. However I'm not sure to default ia64 to 4.7 unless you do have the resources and skills to do a test rebuild on ia64 and forward or fix regressions for that change. Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-gcc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fa1bf45.6030...@debian.org
