> But GCC is a mature compiler, it's stable, and while it has bugs and could > be better, I'm not sure I *want* GCC to start changing much more rapidly > than it changes today. Bugs will be fixed, yes. New features will be > introduced, yes. But will the quality level be maintained?
You can't put new features and bug fixes in the same basket. They can even be viewed as steering the compiler in opposite directions quality-wise. If you don't want to increase the patches-per-day ratio, the only solution is to prioritize bug fixes over new features. For example we could introduce secondary maintainers with approval rights for bug fixes only or something along these lines. -- Eric Botcazou