[maint] The GDB maintenance process

[Andrew Cagney]

>> Fernando does this already.  He also sends out e-mail saying he is off 
>> line for a bit (he is down the hall from me which is an advantage). 
>> Other maintainers do not, sigh!  More of a concern is that repeated 
>> pings often result in radio silence.
> 
> 
> Yes, Fernando does this.  He also tends to disappear for long periods
> of time without doing it.

Fernando and I finding that my e-mail pings to him got black holed for 6 
months didn't help (this is where being able to walk down the hall is a 
disadvantage :-).   I don't know that others have the luxury of that excuse.

Andrew