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