Re: [Gdbheads] A small patch case study, -file-list-exec-source-files

Christopher Faylor
2004-03-25T18:17:12Z

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.

If someone has allowed themselves to be listed as a maintainer of a
particular part of gdb they have a responsibility to review patches
regardless of whether they are specifically paid to do so or not. To
act in any other way would be disingenuous. It is true, of course, that
there may be work constraints which impact the amount of time available
for someone to review patches but if someone is not reviewing patches
because they do not coincide with their company's current interests then
they really shouldn't be professing to act as a maintainer.

IMO.