Re: [Gnu-arch-users] GCC v. Arch address@hidden: Regressions on mainline]

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lord <address@hidden> writes:

    Tom> Some would say, of _any_ high commit rate --- any rate too
    Tom> high for developers to keep up-to-date with --- "Hey, use
    Tom> branches more.  Slow down there, partner."  They would be
    Tom> right, 90% of the time.

    Tom> In this forward, though, is evidence that GCC is in the 10%:

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    >>>>> From: Mark Mitchell <address@hidden>

    Mark> Since we have a policy of not checking things without running
    Mark> tests, and yet I'm seeing these failures on multiple
    Mark> platforms, I'm perplexed as to what has transpired.

    Mark> Would someone please explain why these tests are failing and
    Mark> what is being done to fix them?
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    Tom> Nobody cares that you can't really keep up with GCC mainline.
    Tom> You can't "keep up" -- but you can do what Mark is doing
    Tom> here.  And that's the whole point of an integration branch.

Could you unpack that a bit?  I see Mark make a strong but polite
request that somebody rectify an apparent policy violation; I don't
see what that has to do with commit rate vs. branch rate.

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