Re: [commit] Deprecate remaining STREQ uses

["Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@elta.co.il>]

> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 11:02:24 -0500 (EST)
> From: mec.gnu@mindspring.com (Michael Elizabeth Chastain)
> 
> > However, running the script once a month (on the then-latest snapshot,
> > I presume) is not something that I can afford, and I don't see anyone
> > else stepping forward to do that for me.
> 
> If you can't commit 1-2 hours per month to test djgpp gdb, how are you
> going to respond to bug reports and patches?

It isn't 1-2 hours, unfortunately.  More like a full day.

> What's going to happen when it bit rots and stops building?
> 
> I think you should reconsider whether you have the resources to be a
> maintainer for djgpp gdb.

No one seems to be stepping forward, and I haven't seen patches
submitted for quite some time, anyway.  So it doesn't seem it will
make any difference.

That said, feel free to fire me.

> > Since your proposal for deprecating counts minor releases, would it
> > be enough to request a run for every such release?
> 
> In my opinion, no.

Why not?

> > Isn't it better to start deprecating only if we know that some code
> > specific to a platform is broken by a certain change to GDB?
> 
> Again, in my opinion, no.

Again, why not?