Re: How can I get started as a GCC developer

2014-06-10 Thread Jonathan Wakely
On 10 June 2014 16:38, Jonathan Wakely wrote: > On 10 June 2014 15:00, Basile Starynkevitch wrote: >> Once all is done and signed (both by FSF and you or your employer), add your >> real name in MAINTAINERS file. > > That's not needed until you get write access to the repository, but > you can sub

Re: How can I get started as a GCC developer

2014-06-10 Thread Jonathan Wakely
On 10 June 2014 15:00, Basile Starynkevitch wrote: > Once all is done and signed (both by FSF and you or your employer), add your > real name in MAINTAINERS file. That's not needed until you get write access to the repository, but you can submit patches and contribute without write access.

Re: How can I get started as a GCC developer

2014-06-10 Thread Basile Starynkevitch
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 06:30:54PM +0800, Anonymous User wrote: I'm not sure that being anonymous is helpful on GCC (and it might even be frowned upon, but I don't want to start a flamewar) I think that you need and you want to be identified. Besides, working on GCC is difficult; you'll soon be

Re: How can I get started as a GCC developer

2014-06-10 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 3:30 AM, Anonymous User wrote: > > I'd like to help with the modularization of GCC. > > I've visited the getting started page at the official wiki but its contents > seem too old. I'm fairly new to GCC and and I'm bewildered by its huge code > base with lengthy and complica

How can I get started as a GCC developer

2014-06-10 Thread Anonymous User
Hello everyone, I'd like to help with the modularization of GCC. I've visited the getting started page at the official wiki but its contents seem too old. I'm fairly new to GCC and and I'm bewildered by its huge code base with lengthy and complicated makefiles and sophisticated internal mecha