Re: New MI maintainer

 > If a company is willing to pay for work on MI, that is
a good thing.
 > I don't think we should treat that as something
suspect.

That is surely a good thing, just as Red Hat paid for the
initial development
of MI, but the circumstances are different here.

 > However, it does sound like the SC should say
something to Vladimir
 > about the vital importance of backward compatibility
and compatibility
 > with other GNU packages.

Clearly Vladimir's appointment should be seen as an
endorsement of his views.
You can't really expect checks and balances to be put in
place.

Anyway, I should respect the decision of the global
maintainers, although I
suspect most didn't have an opinion in the matter.  It looks
like I've been
outmanoeuvred and perhaps I shouldn't be such a sore loser. 
I guess it's
checkmate and game over.

-- 
Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.n
z/~nickrob

> From: Nick Roberts <nickrobsnap.net.nz>
> Cc: drowfalse.org, gdbsourceware.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.