http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53871
--- Comment #3 from Manuel López-Ibáñez <manu at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-07-09 13:59:58 UTC --- (If > I had time to to that, I wouldn't have put it on the wishlist but created a > patch.) I have thought a lot how to attract more and new developers to GCC who will be willing to develop things that are not a priority for current developers, but I don't have any solution to offer. It is a difficult problem: You and I see value in your proposal, but not enough value to compensate for the required time we would need to dedicate to it. The only solution is to have enough developers so that the time dedicated by each of them is small enough to be worth it. But there is not such pool of developers. > Maybe it's time for a gcc static analyzer... In terms of technology, never has been a better time than now: GCC internals have never been as clean and re-usable, there is some interest in modularization, there is now the possibility of creating powerful plugins, etc. However, in terms of human resources, there is simply no one interested in working on this, for the reasons given above. Hence, someone new will need to appear: either a new company, a new group of developers, or a charismatic and committed developer that can rally existing developers around him/her.
