On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 03:31 +0200, Steven Bosscher wrote: > On Tuesday 17 May 2005 03:16, Joe Buck wrote: > > On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 03:11:03AM +0200, Steven Bosscher wrote: > > > On Tuesday 17 May 2005 02:59, Steven Bosscher wrote: > > > > Oh, and how helpful of you to post that patch to gcc-patches@ too... > > > > NOT! > > > > > > Ah, I see you did post it to gcc-patches@, but not to fortran@, which > > > is a requirement for gfortran patches -- and the reason why nobody > > > has noticed the patch. > > > > > > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2005-04/msg02287.html > > > > > > The patch is OK too. > > > > Steven, please try to be politer to someone who is trying to help. > > How is it helpful to not follow the rules when posting patches Quite simple:
* I wasn't aware about this fortran specific patch posting policy. I never have sent any gcc patch to any other list but gcc-patches for approval before, so I also had not done so this time. * How could I know that the responsible maintainers aren't listening to bugzilla and gcc-patches, but are listening to a fortran specific list, I even didn't know about until your posting? > and > make exaggerated claims that something does not work? I don't see where I exaggerated. The fact that nobody before has hit these obvious issues, to me are "just leaks" in GCC's QA/testing procedures/procedures, which ought to be closed. If I weren't interested in seeing these closed, I would not complain/file PRs on the and would not contribute/try to contribute patches. > > This kind of tone will only discourage contributors. > > My tone was no different than Ralf's toward me. Well, I admit I had been sarcastic/fatalistic in replying to Steven, primarily, because I am pretty much frustrated about GCC's mainstream developer's position/attitude on embedded targets. Steven's answers perfectly queue-in into a long history of incidents which had lead me to my understanding of "GCC mainstream developers' attitude" on "embedded targets", which I already had described in former postings. Ralf
