Linux vs. libio

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message < 199912201435.PAA01388@loewis.home.cs.tu-berlin.de >you write:
  > It seems there is some confusion about the scope of what Mark attempts
  > to do.
  > 
  > He is working, in private, on implementing the new C++ ABI. Because he
  > is lacking an IA64 machine, he uses his private ia32 machine to do so.
I understand this.

  > To get it working at all, he must change libio, and he wants to avoid
  > rebuilding his Linux distribution to do so. I cannot find anything
  > unwise here.
He's more than welcome to do this on his local box.  But it's not something
that belongs in our source tree.

  > Please, can we leave the decision what to work on to the individual
  > developer, and only judge the quality of the work when we see actual
  > patches?
It's not an issue of quality, but of what belongs in our source tree.  I
still see no reason for this code to go in our source tree.

jeff