[llvm-dev] Whose responsibility is it to maintain tests using experimental backends?

[Alex Bradbury via llvm-dev]

On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 at 15:36, Jordan Rupprecht via llvm-dev
<llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
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> https://llvm.org/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html#new-targets says that experimental backends should be supported by an active community, in part by providing build bots and fixing bugs related to the backend. So while it doesn't *explicitly* say things about patches that only break those backends, I think reading the spirit of that policy says that it's the responsibility of the experimental backend's owners to fix the issue. You can still be nice and fix the issue yourself, but if you can't, that isn't grounds for anyone to revert the patch.

This is absolutely my understanding. If we need to update the
developer policy to make it more explicit, we should do so.

Best,

Alex