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OCTOBER 6, 2026
gcc — Proposed

Llvm is having an anonymous maintainer survey

Andrew Pinski suggests GCC could benefit from an anonymous maintainer survey, similar to one being considered by LLVM.

Andrew Pinski proposes that GCC could adopt an anonymous maintainer survey, drawing inspiration from a similar initiative being considered by LLVM. The LLVM survey is partly a response to an overwhelming volume of patches. Pinski believes such a survey could be beneficial for GCC as well, potentially helping to gauge maintainer workload and satisfaction.

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  1. Andrew Pinski <pinskia@gmail.com> proposer

    Suggests GCC could implement an anonymous maintainer survey, inspired by an LLVM initiative, to address maintainer workload and potentially improve the project.

In Details

This discussion is about adapting an LLVM proposal for an anonymous maintainer survey to the GCC project. It touches on the challenges of managing patch volume and maintainer well-being, which are relevant to large, active open-source projects like GCC.

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