Re: gcc-3.4 upload to unstable
Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> writes:
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 18:42, Falk Hueffner
> <hueffner@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> wrote:
>> Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> writes:
>> > Would it be possible to have SSP enabled in GCC 3.4? It seems that
>> > SSP has been tested as much as it can be without being uploaded to
>> > unstable (and passed all such tests).
>>
>> I would much prefer such an invasive patch to enter Debian from
>> upstream. I can't however see any attempt for this patch to be
>> submitted to the gcc project; there doesn't even seem to be a version
>> for CVS mainline. This could be a pain in the long run. Is there
>> reason to believe this will change?
>
> Quite often there is a catch-22 situation where upstream doesn't
> accept a significant patch because it requires more testing than
> they have time for, and distributions don't accept it because the
> upstream hasn't done so.
It's quite unusual for gcc to reject a patch on the grounds that it
hasn't received enough public testing. Usually, the patch conforming
to the coding standard and passing the regression tests suffices. So
I'd really recommend retrying to submit it.
> Currently Gentoo is the only serious distribution that's doing SSP.
> If we get more distributions using it then we get more support,
> testing, and debugging for it and increase the chance of it being
> accepted upstream.
I don't think so. There's no precedence for anything like that with
the gcc project, AFAIK.
--
Falk
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