[llvm-dev] Proposal: introduce dependency on abseil when building benchmarks

[Mircea Trofin via llvm-dev]

On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 8:56 AM Renato Golin <rengolin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Oct 2021 at 16:46, Mircea Trofin <mtrofin at google.com> wrote:
>
>> What would be the preferred duration?
>>
>
> It's not at all about duration, it's about making sure the right people
> have looked at the proposal and agreed with the plan.
>
> Unless people that actually build and run benchmarks have agreed with your
> proposal, you should not merge a clear breaking change.
>
One of the goals of this thread was identifying who those folks may be.


>
> Of course, you can always merge, and break people's stuff, and revert, and
> then discuss, but I'd strongly encourage you not to do that, as it isn't
> nice to other people.
>
> You should ask around, who are the people who build benchmarks. Check with
> the target owners, buildbot owners, past threads on benchmarking, and make
> sure they're all included in the discussion.
>
Yup, that's the purpose of this thread.


> It's really easy to miss an email like this and it's just out of luck that
> I didn't.
>
Is there a more appropriate channel of communication where owners could be
identified?


>
> For now, given the extremely limited platform support abseil provides,
> even considering the best effort part, I'd strongly discourage you to merge.
>
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