Re: Linux vs. libio

[Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>]

>>>>> "Jeffrey" == Jeffrey A Law <law@cygnus.com> writes:

    Jeffrey> That's the chance you and everyone must take when they
    Jeffrey> decide to work with free software projects.  If you don't
    Jeffrey> have the resources to do the merge, then you (in reality)
    Jeffrey> under-bid the work by under-estimating the integration
    Jeffrey> aspects of the contract. 

I don't think discussing these kinds of details on this list is
appropriate.  Our business practices are our business, just as Cygnus'
are yours.  They've no place here.

Integrating our changes is something we do voluntarily, as a service
to the community -- not because we have to.

I believe the proposal I made in my last email is reasonable, and I
believe it is the one whereby the community comes out the best: we
deliver a working libio and working new ABI, integrated on the
development branch of GCC, and the only cost is some temporary
instability in GCC when using -fnew-abi -- an already unsupported
option.

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