On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Basile STARYNKEVITCH wrote: > I really think that such information should go into GCC internal > documentation, where I was not able to find it out. Do you believe > that some of the descriptions in this thread and in the Wiki page just > cited should go into the documentation? Is the documentation expected > to help new GCC contributors, or is it only for users?
Both. As far as contributors go, most documentation on processes etc. is on our web pages and the Wiki, whereas documentation of internals is in the texinfo documentation (and source code, of course ;-). > In particular, IMHO the commands to re-generate the configure scripts > should be documented if the documentation also targets potential GCC > contributors. I agree, that sounds useful. DJ, Alexandre, Paolo, what's your take on this. Any recommendations? > I could write (by copying phrases from the wiki page) a few sentences > into the documentation (gcc/doc/sourcebuild.texi)? Is it worthwhile; > in other words for whom is this documentation written: for users of > GCC (including the few people compiling GCC to use it) or for > potential contributors (GCC hackers)? Both. ;-) Let's see what our configury maintainers think about your proposal. Thanks, Gerald
