Re: [Commit] New file

["Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Nick Roberts <nickrob@gnu.org>
> Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 21:08:08 +0100
> 
> I think Andrew is (wisely) declining to pick up the gauntlet that you threw
> down in an earlier e-mail. You've certainly made your opinion clear but you
> don't seem to be offering an alternative.

I did offer an alternative: disregard my opinion and do what you think
is right anyway.  That wasn't hollow rhetoric: I really meant what I
said.

> You talk of bit-rot but this could
> equally apply to GDB/MI if front-ends don't adopt this interface.

Let me repeat: my assessment is that the Emacs interface will bitrot
much faster than the MI one.

> I see new MI commands that Emacs needs and I would like to discuss their
> implementation within the context of gdb-mi.el. Up till now the entry level to
> try out gdb-mi.el was to check out CVS versions of both GDB and Emacs and
> download the file from my homepage. Rather unsurprisingly, I've had no
> feedback. After the next release of GDB and Emacs, typing M-x gdbmi would be
> enough. Its about lowering the entry threshold.

If we are waiting for both Emacs and GDB to be released, then it
doesn't matter in which one of them users will find gdb-mi.el, right?
So why not put it in Emacs?

> I do this work for fun and because I think it has social value. It ceases to
> be fun if there are disagreements. If GDB maintainers want to remove this file
> then I certainly won't contest it. I will, however, look for a more profitable
> way to spend my time.

I'm sorry that you feel that way, but how can I help it?  I do have a
dissenting opinion which is based on past experience, and I thought I
expressed my opinion with all due respect and in a polite and
civilized manner; if the mere fact that there are disagreements is
taken as a reason to stop your contributions, what alternative do _I_
have except shut up?  How else can I voice my opinions without causing
people to take offense and leave?