On 10/01/2013 09:11 AM, Richard Biener wrote: > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Jeremy Bennett > <jeremy.benn...@embecosm.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> You've probably seen that Joern Rennecke (amylaar) has been pinging >> repeatedly for help reviewing the ARC port: >> >> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2013-09/msg02072.html >> >> Joern is approved as a maintainer, and the tests have been reviewed and >> approved (thanks to Mike Stump). However approximately a year since the >> original submission, after making various changes suggested at that time, >> the port itself still awaits review of acceptance. >> >> We are in the curious position of a port that has a maintainer and testsuite >> accepted, but no actual port. >> >> What can we do to move this to completion for 4.9 stage 1? It is not the >> smallest port (the ARC is a complex reconfigurable processor family), but it >> has been in use for a long time, causes no regression errors in other >> targets, and has been submitted by a long-standing contributor to GCC. >> >> Advice on how to move this forward much appreciated. > > From a RM point of view we can accept a new port also during stage3 if > the required middle-end changes are minimal. > > That said, GCC is still mostly volunteer driven in this area (I don't know > of any company sponsoring review of ports that are not their own ...). > Also I guess the only reviewers that are able to approve the port technically > are global reviewers (and maybe the port maintainers themselves for > port specific parts?!). Clarification from the SC would be most welcome here, > also ideas on how to address this (recurring) issue.
I can't see the point of insisting on technicalities here. Joern is very experienced, capable of maintaining the port over time, and it as long as there aren't middle-end changes it won't break anything. Andrew.
