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Re: Questions about contributing new port
- From: Wei-cheng Wang <cole945 at gmail dot com>
- To: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- Cc: Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj at redhat dot com>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 14:49:39 +0800
- Subject: Re: Questions about contributing new port
- References: <CAPmZyH6cR-ZRRmxyTWnoiFVXUtW-vps6Zuuo74B0QPggnWYKpQ at mail dot gmail dot com> <m31u8h5jn8 dot fsf at redhat dot com> <20130605062042 dot GF12363 at adacore dot com>
Hi Joel and Sergio,
Thank you for your quick reply :)
Yes, we've signed FSF agreement years ago.
And the first question I asked is about
if we want our port included in GDB-7.7,
then we should hurry up and send them before 7.7 branch created.
Am I right?
Thanks.
Wei-cheng
On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> wrote:
> Since Sergio qualified his answer with "I am not a Maintainer", I wanted
> to confirm that I agree with Sergio's advice. :-)
>
> I also wanted to add:
>
>> I am not sure I understand the motivation behind your question, but IMO
>> you could send the patches right away if they're ready (which I assume
>> so, from what you wrote). No need to wait after the release of 7.7,
>> also because it will take some time until there...
>
> Please also verify that you have copyright assignment papers all done
> with the FSF, or else start the process now, as it takes a bit of time.
>
> --
> Joel