From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16992 invoked by alias); 20 Feb 2008 20:00:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 16982 invoked by uid 22791); 20 Feb 2008 20:00:47 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from heller.inter.net.il (HELO heller.inter.net.il) (213.8.233.23) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:00:28 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-31-26.inter.net.il [80.230.31.26]) by heller.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id FAL96242 (AUTH halo1); Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:59:58 +0200 (IST) Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:57:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: Nick Roberts CC: rms@gnu.org, drow@false.org, gdb@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <20080220190512.4550A8FC6D@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> (message from Nick Roberts on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:05:12 +1300 (NZDT)) Subject: Re: New MI maintainer Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <20080219191222.GA10196@caradoc.them.org> <18363.14758.855327.355215@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <20080220190512.4550A8FC6D@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-02/txt/msg00153.txt.bz2 > From: Nick Roberts > Cc: drow@false.org, gdb@sourceware.org > Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:05:12 +1300 (NZDT) > > Clearly Vladimir's appointment should be seen as an endorsement of his views. No, it is not. GDB global maintainers are not appointed based on their views, they are appointed based on their coding and social skills. Unfortunately for you, your reaction to Vladimir's appointment puts you farther from a similar appointment, not closer. > It looks like I've been outmanoeuvred You make it sound like there were some kind of courtyard intrigues. As someone who was part of the discussions, let me assure you that nothing could be farther from the truth. I hope at least my word is still worth enough in your eyes to convince you that no hostile intent or attitude were involved or expressed at any time, by anyone. > and perhaps I shouldn't be such a sore loser. I guess it's > checkmate and game over. You are not a loser, and this is not a game. This is not some kind of final verdict in high court without right to appeal, either. If you can accept friendly constructive criticism and change, there's no reason not to invite you to become a global maintainer at some later date; no one says that MI must be maintained by a single individual. For all Vladimir's expertise, the experience you have gathered by developing and maintaining the Emacs GDB UI front end is unique and important, both to GDB and to Emacs. We will not be willing to give up your experience and knowledge lightly. Thanks, and keep up the good work.