[maint] sim and common

[cgd@broadcom.com]

At Tue, 9 Apr 2002 12:58:02 +0000 (UTC), "Ben Elliston" wrote:
> >>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com> writes:
> 
>   >> Why do you feel it would be helpful?  I don't think there has been any
>   >> evidence that patch approvals for sim/common has been a bottleneck or
>   >> indeed even a problem for anyone to date.
> 
>   Andrew> Is it unhelpful?  The people with the best idea for what to do with the 
>   Andrew> common framework are most likely going to be those that are actively 
>   Andrew> developing simulators.   Right now that is CGD (Chris D).
> 
> While I agree with this point, I also like the idea of having a
> devil's advocate to approve sim/common patches.  In the heat of the
> moment, it's easy to think of patches to sim/common to solve
> port-specific problems that are not in the best interest of all
> simulators.

For what it's worth, I agree with Ben here.  8-)

I'd _prefer_ to have others review my changes (as long i can get that
review in a timely fashion)...


chris