Re: Hurd port for gcc go PATCH 1-4(23)

[Ian Lance Taylor]

On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 2:02 PM, Svante Signell <svante.signell@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm sorry but neither of you or I are in the position to request changes of
> already existing file names e.g. replacing linux with glibc in:
> os/pipe_linux.go
> crypto/x509/root_linux.go
> syscall/errstr_linux.go

As you know, the name "linux" in those files means that the files are
only compiled on GNU/Linux systems.  The files in os and crypto are
copied from the master library in the gc repository.  Those names are
not going to change.  The file syscall/errstr_linux.go is specific to
gccgo, and that name could change easily enough.

> Neither are we in the position to request to rename libcall_posix.go to
> something else, or move the four functions definitions mount, mlocall,
> munlockall, madvise, mentioned above to a separate file.

Making those changes is fine.

> So far, nobody, upstream or debian-gcc, have made any comment on the patches
> whatsoever. So what are we doing? Let's forget about porting gccgo to 
> GNU/Hurd.

Yes, I'm sorry that this never gets high enough on my list for a serious review.

The best way to contribute to gccgo is to use the process described at
https://golang.org/doc/gccgo_contribute.html.  That explains how to
send changes to Gerrit in a way that is easy for me to review and
apply (Gerrit is itself free software).  You are much more likely to
get a response if you are able to follow that approach.

Ian