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Re: MI Maintanance
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Nick Roberts <nickrob at snap dot net dot nz>
- Cc: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:08:58 -0400
- Subject: Re: MI Maintanance
- References: <16993.34163.414589.888781@farnswood.snap.net.nz>
On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 09:36:51AM +1200, Nick Roberts wrote:
>
> I don't pretend to know what is happening but I imagine some people are pretty
> pissed off. I don't want to detract from Andrew's considerable contribution
> in the past, but one monosyllabic Spanish word in two months doesn't seem
> adequate to ensure continued MI Maintanance.
>
> Focussing on the practical, is it possible to find new maintainers for this
> aspect of GDB? While I am fairly confident that my patches for MI won't harm
> or break GDB, I don't have the depth of knowledge of GDB yet, to review other
> peoples' patches. Given the new impetus that Apple have shown for GDB and
> that they clearly have the expertise, I wonder if they are willing to pick up
> the baton?
Andrew, Elena, and Fernando stepped back from maintenance of MI. That
means the obligation to review patches falls to the global maintainers.
No one has had time to pick up the slack yet, but I assure you that we
will.
I haven't had a free hour in weeks except for the one I spent reviewing
Paul's testsuite patches.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
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