Re: Close all [most] SPARC PRs?

[Andrew Cagney <cagney at gnu dot org>]

> > Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:47:40 -0500 (EST)
> > > From: mec.gnu@mindspring.com (Michael Elizabeth Chastain)
> > >
> > > Attach that message in a change from "open" -> "feedback".
> > > Wait 30 days.
> > >
> > > About 80% of cases, nothing happens for 30 days.  Then close the PR,
> > > with another little note: "I haven't heard anything for 30 days.
> > > I am closing the PR.  If you have problems with a more recent version
> > > of gdb, please file another PR."
> > >
> > > About 15% of cases, the original submitter writes back sooner and
> > > confirms that the original bug is closed.  Then close the PR.
> > >
> > > About 5% of cases, the original submitter says something which indicates
> > > that we shouldn't close the PR.
> > >
> > > Mark K already did a 30-day routine on a bunch of Solaris PR's,
> > > and the 30 days ran out, and he closed the PR's.
> > >
> > > Anyways, that's how I like to do it.
>
>
> I really like this procedure.  Blindly closing the PRs should not be
> our first choice if we can do better, and what Michael suggests _is_,
> IMHO, better.

I don't think it should put too much emphasis on this:

> I tried your test case (or something similar to your test case)
>   and it works for me. 

(<eli>doco?</eli> :-)

Andrew