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[RFA/doco] new `In Memoriam' appendix in GDB Manual
- From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- To: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Cc: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:58:54 -0700
- Subject: [RFA/doco] new `In Memoriam' appendix in GDB Manual
Hello,
This change removes the dedication of the manual to Fred Fish.
It also creates a new `In Memoriam' appendix, where Fred Fish
and Michael Snyder are mentioned.
Any suggestion (phrasing, contents) would be greatly appreciated,
since English is not my native language, and I could only put
what I knew of them personally or through some research on the
internet.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (titlepage): Remove dedication.
(In Memoriam): New appendix.
Tested on x86_64-linux by generating the info, html and pdf manuals.
OK to commit?
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gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index e58dd57..9dccbe0 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -100,10 +100,6 @@ Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA@*
ISBN 1-882114-77-9 @*
@insertcopying
-@page
-This edition of the GDB manual is dedicated to the memory of Fred
-Fish. Fred was a long-standing contributor to GDB and to Free
-software in general. We will miss him.
@end titlepage
@page
@@ -171,6 +167,7 @@ software in general. We will miss him.
* Command Line Editing:: Command Line Editing
* Using History Interactively:: Using History Interactively
@end ifclear
+* In Memoriam:: In Memoriam
* Formatting Documentation:: How to format and print @value{GDBN} documentation
* Installing GDB:: Installing GDB
* Maintenance Commands:: Maintenance Commands
@@ -31004,6 +31001,26 @@ things without first using the debugger to find the facts.
@include inc-hist.texinfo
@end ifclear
+@node In Memoriam
+@appendix In Memoriam
+
+The GDB project mourns the loss of the following long-time contributors:
+
+@table @code
+@item Fred Fish
+Fred was a long-standing contributor to GDB (1991-2006), and to Free
+Software in general. Outside of GDB, he was known in the Amiga world
+for his series of Fish Disks, and the GeekGadget project.
+
+@item Michael Snyder
+Michael was one of the Global Maintainers of the GDB project, with
+contributions recorded as early as 1996, until 2011. In addition to
+his day to day participation, he was a large driving force behind
+adding Reverse Debugging to GDB.
+@end table
+
+Beyond their technical contributions to the project, they were also
+enjoyable members of the Free Software Community. We will miss them.
@node Formatting Documentation
@appendix Formatting Documentation
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