On 07/31/2014 12:10 PM, Jeff Law wrote: > On 07/30/14 09:01, Chen Gang wrote: >> Hello All: >> >> I shall stop making this kind of patch, next. The reason is that I worry >> about what I have done have negative effect to others. And next, I shall >> try to send another kinds of patches for gcc when I have time. >> >> Many persons or companies use open source who never give thanks or >> contribution back to open source. But open source (especially, >> fundamental software) still provide common contributions to outside. >> >> What I have done is only for contribution back to open source, so I can >> understand none-reply from open source (at least, it is not the excuse >> to let myself stop). But what I worry about is whether bother others. > I don't think you've have any kind of negative impact. GCC developers > tend to be a bit more conservative and try not to change code just for > the sake of changing code. Thus we tend to want to have a clearer > understanding of why a particular change needs to be made. > > It's also the case that we tend to look more closely at patches from > relatively new developers simply because we don't have a long history of > interactions that have built trust over time. > > So, just to be clear, I don't think you're bothering anyone and I would > recommend you continue to analyze code and send patches. >
OK, thank you for your encouragement. And I shall continue to send this kind of patches. > And sorry for telling you everything goes to gcc-patches. I often > forget there's a separate java patch list -- and more generally for the > runtime libraries, we're often a downstream code consumer. Thus a > proposed change in some of the runtime libraries may need to be sent to > other projects (Classpath is a good example). > OK, and I shall notice about it next time (send related patches to correct mailing list). For me, it will be good idea to have a related document for these mailing list intruduction (maybe it has, and I shall try to find it). Thanks. -- Chen Gang Open, share, and attitude like air, water, and life which God blessed
