On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 5:50 AM, Jeff Law <l...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 11/09/14 16:13, Sandra Loosemore wrote: >> >> https://gcc.gnu.org/contribute.html#testing >> >> and noticed that the policy is to require a complete bootstrap for C >> changes, but not for C++. Given that GCC's implementation language is >> now C++, isn't that backwards? I'm not trying to weasel out of the >> extra work for my patch, just curious if the web site guidelines have >> gotten bit-rotten after the switch to C++, or if the SC did indeed >> consider the issue already and the published policy is accurate. > > They've bit-rotted a bit. Interested in cons-ing up an update?
Bootstrap should now be required for both C and C++ FE changes _and_ for libstdc++ changes as well given we start to pull in libstdc++ headers during bootstrap. Richard. > jeff >