<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:37 AM, Tim Northover <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:t.p.northover@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="cremed">t.p.northover@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">
<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
<br>
We'd like to promote the AArch64 backend to being built by default. I<br>
know it's very soon after the initial upload, but we think the backend<br>
is in a good position and should be stable.<br>
<br>
We'd very much like to get it tested in more diverse environments<br>
provided by the buildbots, and are committed to cleaning up any<br>
fallout as soon as possible, or as a last resort reverting the<br>
"enable" commit.<br>
<br>
As before, this doesn't affect our attitude to more reviews: they<br>
would be very welcome.<br>
<br>
Does anyone object to me making the necessary changes?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'll own up to suggesting this on IRC. =]<br></div><div style><br></div><div style>Here is my rationale:</div><div style>- Tim and others working on the backend have worked with the community for a while now.</div>
<div style>- Tim was particularly diligent in splitting off independent changes, and all of those are already in place.</div><div style>- There seems to be broad community support for the backend, so it seems unlikely to be neglected.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>This to me says that the concerns and protections of the experimental backend aren't needed, and are more likely to impede progress than help it -- specifically, we won't get good build bot coverage and diverse host compiler coverage until it's enabled.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>My 2-cents.</div><div style>-Chandler</div></div></div></div></div>