On Thu, 2017-01-12 at 13:37 +0100, Roland Mainz wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 1:31 PM, Petar Jovanovic <mips3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 3:21 PM, Philippe Waroquiers > > <philippe.waroqui...@skynet.be> wrote: > >> No sign of any tilegx user or developer activity since something like > >> one year. > >> No reply received for question in > >> https://sourceforge.net/p/valgrind/mailman/message/35566192/ > >> > >> Is there any tilegx user or developer still active ? > >> Should we consider this platform as dead ? > >> > > I have exchanged a few emails with Tilera/Mellanox compiler enigneers, > > and they say they cannot take care of TileGx port in Valgrind for the > > time being. > > Is there any emulator or other way we can use to test changes ? I > don't like seeing such a port just disappear... Well, if there is no known users, and no (original) developer doing maintenance and no reply from (original) developers to simple questions and no access to a system to test/compile and no nightly build and no tests in SVN and no emulator then IMO, this platform is a candidate to remove. as just keeping this compiling forever for no reason will at the end cost more than just removing it.
I will at least put this question as one of the things to discuss in FOSDEM 2017 Valgrind BoF. Also, IMO, for the future, we also have to put some mandatory requirements before accepting new platforms such as e.g. provide an access to a development system, at least for some time ensure a minimum of effort for maintenance/questions, provide tests, ... Philippe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi _______________________________________________ Valgrind-users mailing list Valgrind-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/valgrind-users
