From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.unit0.net!news.uni-stuttgart.de!news.enyo.de!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Florian Weimer Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: "Open Core" and the Ada Community Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2016 21:52:38 +0100 Message-ID: <87mvsejx0p.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> References: <76fc7aab-fea5-4d7a-91e7-ace006e1309a@googlegroups.com> <87fuy9kumo.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <87r3hsmpqz.fsf@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> <87wprik1ur.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <1635608669.474060105.478226.laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: news.enyo.de 1452372758 10174 192.168.18.20 (9 Jan 2016 20:52:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@enyo.de Cancel-Lock: sha1:awEyU4vuP8LLwQdcsgDn7mjnQao= Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:29070 Date: 2016-01-09T21:52:38+01:00 List-Id: * Luke A. Guest: > Florian Weimer wrote: > >> GCC is fairly modular. It is possible to make useful changes even if >> you do not know exactly what you are doing. There's code review >> before you are allowed to commit anything. > > Expect zero help or at most a sentence which comes across as sarcasm from > the guys who actually know this stuff. For the changes I wanted to get in, the process was a bit tedious, but in the end the requested changes were improvements.