llvm dev - Oct 2021 - Proposal: introduce dependency on abseil when building benchmarks

On Thu, 7 Oct 2021 at 17:01, Mircea Trofin <mtrofin at google.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
And yet, you propose to follow through if no one objected. Which is never a
good idea for breaking changes.

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?
>
No, this is the right place.

But you either wait for people to find this thread (however long it takes),
or you actively search for them (as I outlined before) and include them in
the conversation, for example, CC'ing them in the thread.
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On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 9:12 AM Renato Golin <rengolin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Oct 2021 at 17:01, Mircea Trofin <mtrofin at google.com>
wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> And yet, you propose to follow through if no one objected. Which is never
> a good idea for breaking changes.
>
To be clear, the fact they are breaking changes is what we're trying to
determine. It was my intention to spur attention to the thread (given the
silence), and providing a timeline can help.
>
>
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?
>>
>
> No, this is the right place.
>
> But you either wait for people to find this thread (however long it
> takes), or you actively search for them (as I outlined before) and include
> them in the conversation, for example, CC'ing them in the thread.
>
Yup, but they need to be identified first (i.e. a bit of a catch 22 if no
one replies)
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