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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:43:00 -0000
From: Bob Rossi <bob@brasko.net>
To: Robert Dewar <dewar@gnat.com>
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On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 01:19:16AM -0500, Robert Dewar wrote:
> Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> 
> >I want to note that this is only partially true.  In fact there are a
> >number of people who are paid to work on gdb. 
> 
> Yes, but they aren't necessarily paid to work for the same goals as
> FSF maintenance. If I am working for company X which wants a reliable
> GDB for target Y, we may have zero interest in a patch that does not
> promote this goal.

This was basically asking my question in a sentence.

What incentive does a maintainer have in reviewing patches quickly?

Bob Rossi