Re: Emacs and GFortran

[Thomas Koenig <Thomas.Koenig@online.de>]

On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 02:26:24PM +0100, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:

(addressed to Steve Kargl)

> Or better yet, this will take
> even less time than posting this data: simply fix the bug!

You are proposing a patch to gfortran, which is part of gcc.
The guidelines for accepting contributions are spelled out on
the gcc website.

If your patch is non-trivial, we need copyright papers from you
assigning copyright of any changes to the gcc source tree to
the FSF.  Do you have a copyright assignment?

In order to be included into gcc, your proposed patch needs to be
regression-tested and accompanied by relevant test cases proper
ChangeLog entries.

If these conditions are met, then post the patch to
gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org and fortran@gcc.gnu.org.  Usually there
will be a discussion of the patch, possibly leading to requirements
for changes.  Finally, if all goes well, a maintainer will approve
the patch and (if you don't have commit privileges) commit it.

That's the way gcc and gfortran maintenance works.  In practice,
it works pretty well.

Best regards
	Thomas