Re: GCC multi-version development layout

On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 09:53:25AM +0000, Heime wrote:
> 
> On Tuesday, April 21st, 2026 at 4:02 PM, Segher Boessenkool <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 09:40:54PM +0000, Heime wrote:
> > > These things are never described.
> > 
> > You will not find intimate details in public webpages like this, no.
> > 
> > > Right.  But since the title of the page
> > >
> > > https://gcc.gnu.org/develop.html#timeline
> > >
> > > is "GCC Development Plan" - there should be discussion of the
> > > development process.
> > 
> > No, of the development *plan*.  Certainly not the same thing!
> > 
> > Segher
> 
> Where can I find information about the development process?

Some of that is in the internals manual
(<https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/>).

> Or what can I do to figure things out?

Read what others post on the lists, this will also teach you the tone
and style used.  Different people do things differently.  Use good taste
and good sense, and you'll be fine :-)

And/or find us on IRC.

> It would be helpful 
> if there was a tutorial.  Which could help in also managing
> by programs. 

Just dive in, and read stuff, and read some more.  And then some.

And don't skip the internals manual.  It may be a bit out of date in
places, but that would be a great patch series to make ;-)

The only tool you'll ever need to learn is Git (I assume you already
know how to drive vim (or emacs if you are weird like that, heh)).

Oh, and common shell things, "grep" etc.


Segher