[PATCH] Minor change to gdb/doc/agentexpr.texi

[Stan Shebs]

"J.T. Conklin" wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Buettner <kevinb@cygnus.com> writes:
> Kevin> I've just committed a minor change (see below) to
> Kevin> gdb/doc/agentexpr.texi.  Intel does not want us to use "Merced"
> Kevin> in the gdb documentation.  And when referring to their next
> Kevin> generation architecture, we must use "IA-64".  No other variant
> Kevin> is acceptable.
> 
> I have no problem with the change per se, but the implication that
> some other party can dictate what is, and what is not, "acceptable"
> to put in FSF manuals is disturbing.

If folks from Cygnus/Red Hat feel unduly pressured by Intel, I'll be
happy to tell Intel that the FSF's volunteers will do whatever seems
best to them.  Sometimes I think Intel gets too used to dictating
details to everybody in sight...  In this case, losing the "Merced"
refs is a good idea anyway, because that's just a code name that will
mystify hackers two years from now.  (Of course, maybe "IA-64"
will mystify them too, if the whole family is a failure... :-) )

Perhaps we should use "ia64" everywhere in our docs just to remind
Intel they're not in charge here.

Stan