Oleg Endo wrote:
Weddington, Eric wrote:
Georg-Johann Lay wrote:
As already discussed, this patch removes the -mshort-calls command option
from avr-gcc.
Ok to apply?
Ok to apply, but...
If the change is on order, changes to wwwdocs will follow, i.e. deprecate
the option in 4.7 and tell it is removed in the 4.8 caveats.
... but where do we notify the user that the switch is deprecated?
Exactly there: In the wwwdocs, namely the caveats section of the release
notes. The release notes are the blackboard for anyone who wants to get
informed about what changed in the new release series.
Maybe would be better to first make the option a no-op that prints a
warning in GCC, remove it from all documentations and mention the
deprecation in the wwwdocs changes. Then, in the next GCC release,
remove it completely.
IMHO it's not reasonable to put effort into a declining feature. Why
shouldn't we follow common GCC practice here?
Johann
