Re: New MI maintainer

[Stan Shebs <stanshebs@earthlink.net>]

Nick Roberts wrote:
> The process behind these decisions is not open to me but it doesn't escape my
> attention that Vladimir is now part of CodeSourcery, and that CodeSourcery have
> at least one contract (with Ericsson) to work on Eclipse which uses GDB/MI in
> its DSF plugin.  I ask myself in whose interest this appointment is made.  It's
> certainly not the GNU project or the FSF.
>   
One of the qualities we look for in a maintainer is the ability to keep 
a level head, and to tone down the flames rather than escalate when the 
situation is difficult. As we know from bitter experience, technical 
ability and knowledge is not sufficient. Nick, this kind of accusation 
is precisely the sort of thing that we want to keep out of the GDB 
development process - if there were fencesitters on the issue before 
now, do you think that your public insinuation of bad faith and 
incompetence is going to cause them to regard you more favorably? So 
while I don't myself expect an apology, you should think more about your 
goals and how you are most likely to achieve them.

As for the decision process not being open, I note that almost nobody 
volunteers to have their job performance reviews and salary history be 
put out  in public. But if a wouldbe maintainer were to do that, I 
suggest that the SC have the discussion about that person in public as well.

Stan