Re: [Gdbheads] Re: Feb's patch resolution rate

Richard Stallman
2004-03-25T02:05:15Z

That's because no
one, to the best of my knowledge, is claiming that GDB development is
dysfunctional. As long as GDB maintenance as a whole works fairly
well, the average figures of any reasonable performance estimator will
be good. IMHO, it is the (relatively rare) exceptions from the rule
that bothered and continue to bother those among us who came up with
suggestions to modify the existing practices.

I can understand that these occasional long delays cause annoyance to
the people who wrote those particular patches. However, I don't think
that occasional long delays indicate a fundamental problem in the way
gdb is being maintained. It seems to be basically adequate.

That doesn't mean it couldn't be better. I will ask the gdb
committee, whose membership I have just updated, to look into finding
a procedure to help deal with these long-delayed patches.