From: Josh Triplett <josh@kernel.org>
To: Neil Booth <neil@daikokuya.co.uk>
Cc: Derek M Jones <derek@knosof.co.uk>, linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Sparse and the Google Summer of Code 2008
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:01:06 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47D83682.6070409@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080312151937.GA29685@daikokuya.co.uk>
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Neil Booth wrote:
> Josh Triplett wrote:-
>> To clarify, I wouldn't expect a student project to do everything
>> necessary to complete any of the areas I mentioned. I wouldn't expect
>> complete handling of contexts, or a complete port of an extensive test
>> suite.
>
> Of course, the real goal should be not a testsuite port to sparse,
> but a testsuite full stop. One that works with trivial tweaks for
> any given compiler. That would be of much more value than a
> "port" to sparse or anything else.
Agreed entirely, and I would happily accept such a project under the Sparse
banner.
- Josh Triplett
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-03-11 17:38 Sparse and the Google Summer of Code 2008 Alexey Zaytsev
2008-03-11 18:20 ` Josh Triplett
2008-03-11 19:08 ` James Westby
2008-03-11 22:10 ` Christopher Li
2008-03-12 1:41 ` Derek M Jones
2008-03-12 2:20 ` Alexey Zaytsev
2008-03-12 4:28 ` Josh Triplett
2008-03-12 15:19 ` Neil Booth
2008-03-12 20:01 ` Josh Triplett [this message]
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