> I tend to find GCC ChangeLog entries useless. For example, the more > > recent ChangeLog entry in gcc/ChangeLog is: > | 2007-11-30 Jan Hubicka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | > | * ggc-common.c (dump_ggc_loc_statistics): Reset ggc_force_collect > | flag. > > How could a newcomer guess why the gcc_force_collect flag needs to be > reset?
He indeed cannot, but the ChangeLog is not meant to make it possible either. See http://gcc.gnu.org/contribute.html, especially the GNU Coding Standards. > Jan posted a useful explanation on gcc-patches, but finding it > by searching the mailing-list is not practical and it is not coupled > with the checkin. That's how it has always worked so it should be more or less practical. For PRs, there is a link (URL: field), maybe we should use PRs more often. -- Eric Botcazou
