On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 11:05:07AM -0500, Joel Sherrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jonathan Wakely wrote: > >On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 11:14:22AM +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > > > > >>* I wasn't aware about this fortran specific patch posting policy. I > >>never have sent any gcc patch to any other list but gcc-patches for > >>approval before, so I also had not done so this time. > >> > >>* How could I know that the responsible maintainers aren't listening to > >>bugzilla and gcc-patches, but are listening to a fortran specific list, > >>I even didn't know about until your posting? > > > > > >For future reference, where patches should be sent is explained here: > >http://gcc.gnu.org/lists.html > > OK .. and Bugzilla or http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html references that link how? > > A search for "patch" in the bug reporting instructions does not mention > anything about cc'ing any patch list. > > I'm not trying to be irritating here. Just pointing out that if there > is a procedure, it doesn't appear to be referenced in all the right > places and isn't tied to the PR system. I never claimed it was easy to find! :) Ralf was right that posting a patch to bugzilla should get seen by the relevant maintainers ... I was just pointing out that the procedure for where to post patches *is* documented *somewhere*, however poorly. jon