It seems to me that e-mail to gcc-b...@gcc.gnu.org is basically lost in the noise. It seems to me that we should not recommend that people send bug reports there; the chances that anything will happen are much smaller than the already small chance that anybody will fix their bugzilla bug report. I propose the following patch to http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html.
Does anybody think this would be unwise? Ian
Index: bugs.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/bugs.html,v retrieving revision 1.97 diff -u -r1.97 bugs.html --- bugs.html 2 Nov 2007 20:07:35 -0000 1.97 +++ bugs.html 23 Jul 2009 17:11:29 -0000 @@ -135,10 +135,7 @@ <p>Please submit your bug report directly to the <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/";>GCC bug database</a>. Alternatively, you can use the <code>gccbug</code> script that mails your bug -report to the bug database. -<br /> -Only if all this is absolutely impossible, mail all information to -<a href="mailto:gcc-b...@gcc.gnu.org">gcc-b...@gcc.gnu.org</a>.</p> +report to the bug database.</p> <h2><a name="detailed">Detailed bug reporting instructions</a></h2>
