On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 3:17 AM, Benjamin Kosnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Given that the set of posted solaris test results for trunk during the > > last four months barely requires two hands: > >... > > I propose moving > > > > sparc-sun-solaris2.10 > > > > from primary to secondary on this page: > > > > http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.4/criteria.html > > > > Thoughts?
We are seeing tests posted, at least, even if the volume isn't what it probably should be for a primary. On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 04:24:28AM +0000, Dennis Clarke wrote: > Hardly reasonable. > > This may not be a surprise to you but people in datacenters with > Solaris servers tend to move very slowly and cautiously when it comes > to software changes. True, but because they move slowly and cautiously, they often continue with older compilers. > You will get testsuite reports when people get to it. Not before. Not good enough. If people aren't testing the trunk on a daily basis, changes that break the platform won't be noticed for some time, and fixing that platform will be much harder if no one tests for a few months, and other work has been built on top of the change that broke the platform. I'm not saying that I support Benjamin's proposal, but I suggest that it be interpreted as a request, coupled with an implied threat: if you want a platform to continue as a primary platform, there has to be testing, as well as assistance to fix problems when they crop up. If no one tests the trunk on a platform for months at a time, because they "move slowly and cautiously", the quality of that port will seriously decline.
