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Re: [patch] fix for infinite recursion in lookup_symbol


Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Fernando Nasser wrote:
> 
> > if any opposition causes the rejection of a patch, any individual
> > can make his/her preferences prevail by systematically "opposing" to patches
> > that go against his believes.
> 
> I assume that individuals with such attitude are absent from this fine
> forum.  I have yet to see any sign of such an approach from anyone here.
> 
> Therefore, I don't think we need to consider such a possibility as a
> real one.

My 2 cents. I thik the issue is rarely balck and white. I think the
range of attitude is more like:

1. Love to see this patch happen. (most certainly going to give their
support to the patch)
2. Passing interest, don't know much about it but it sounds OK. (~80-90%
of this group probably remain silent)
3. Don't know anything about it, Don't care. (~99.99% remain silent)
4. Don't know much about it but if in doubt say no. (~80-90% probably
remain silent)
5. Know a lot about it and strenuously disagree. (most certainly going
to respond in the negative, and probably with good reasons why).

If there are "NO" votes, then they should be qualified with reasons. If
someone is voting "NO" for the sake of voting "NO" then this would be
reasonably obvious as they wouldn't have anything intelligent to say
about the issue. Often the people in category 5 can be moved to category
1 once their particular beefs are addressed. 

Im not sure this actually qualifies as a dictatorship, the minority can
not single handedly set the direction of GDB, all they could do is
prevent a fix/enhancement to GDB from occuring. I haven't seen any
people on this list that would (without very good reason) act this way,
as it is self defeatist.

Steven.

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