Re: gdb and ancient GNU autotools

Tom Tromey
2024-02-27T15:26:09Z

>>>>> "Tomasz" == Tomasz Kłoczko via Gdb <gdb@sourceware.org> writes:

Tomasz> Why those repos are not moved yet to github or even own instance of the
Tomasz> gitlab to provide OOTB proper cross refs between commits, discussions
Tomasz> MRs/PRs, issue tickets and commit comments for me is kind of a mystery ..

The reason is that GNU has a policy against this. You may disagree with
it but it shouldn't be a mystery. I agree that better tooling here
would be desirable. However, my view is that it's not going to happen.

Tomasz> Going back to the subject: someone at least started thinking about starting
Tomasz> doing something to move away from those ancient GNU autotools versions
Tomasz> (probably kicking a few as*ess on integrating properly some
Tomasz> libtool changes) or move to meson/cmake?

It's a colossal job with a modest payoff. It's also difficult
politically as you must get all the relevant groups on-board before
starting. I personally have other windmills at which to tilt.

Tom