Re: [plugins] Comparison of plugin mechanisms

2009-02-12 Thread Basile STARYNKEVITCH
Hello All, Grigori Fursin wrote: Basically, we currently see 3 complementary categories of GCC plugins, depending on the nature of the extension: production, experimentation/research, and new pass integration. Each category naturally calls for slightly different API features. I am not sur

Re: proposal for improved management bugzilla priorities/release criteria

2009-02-12 Thread Mark Mitchell
Paolo Bonzini wrote: > Still, I would like to hear an opinion on what to do with regard to > long standing bugs that are clearly not going to be fixed in stage3/4. > This was the main point of my message. I don't see any need to do anything different; I think we're all capable of distinguishing

[plugins] Comparison of plugin mechanisms

2009-02-12 Thread Grigori Fursin
Dear all, Zbigniew and I prepared a page on GCC Wiki comparing several current plugin mechanisms (some parts should be updated) with some suggestions to move forward: http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GCC_PluginComparison In case we mixed up or misunderstood something about other plugin efforts, update this

gcc-4.3-20090212 is now available

2009-02-12 Thread gccadmin
Snapshot gcc-4.3-20090212 is now available on ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/snapshots/4.3-20090212/ and on various mirrors, see http://gcc.gnu.org/mirrors.html for details. This snapshot has been generated from the GCC 4.3 SVN branch with the following options: svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/branches

Re: proposal for improved management bugzilla priorities/release criteria

2009-02-12 Thread Paolo Bonzini
>>> However, I don't agree that P2 regressions aren't a factor. If we have >>> a ton of crashing on wrong-code, etc., regressions that adds up to a >>> release that won't work well for people. >> >> In which case the important ones should be P1 ... > > No, that misses the point. A mass of bugs, e

[graphite] News from the weekly graphite phone call

2009-02-12 Thread Sebastian Pop
Hi, This week's notes are posted on the GCC wiki: http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Graphite_Phone_Call/2009_02_11 Last week I did not announced it, but the notes are also available: http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Graphite_Phone_Call/2009_02_04 If people want to attend the graphite phone call, please drop me an

Re: proposal for improved management bugzilla priorities/release criteria

2009-02-12 Thread Mark Mitchell
Richard Guenther wrote: >> However, I don't agree that P2 regressions aren't a factor. If we have >> a ton of crashing on wrong-code, etc., regressions that adds up to a >> release that won't work well for people. > > In which case the important ones should be P1 ... No, that misses the point.

Re: proposal for improved management bugzilla priorities/release criteria

2009-02-12 Thread Richard Guenther
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Mark Mitchell wrote: > Paolo Bonzini wrote: > >>> I think the only reasonable release criteria is zero P1 regressions over >>> some period. 50 P2 regressions doesn't make a release blocker, neither >>> is 49 P2 regressions a clear sign for a non-blocked release. >