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[RFA/doco] new `In Memoriam' appendix in GDB Manual


Hello,

This change removes the dedication of the manual to Fred Fish.
It also creates a new `In Memoriam' appendix, where Fred Fish
and Michael Snyder are mentioned.

Any suggestion (phrasing, contents) would be greatly appreciated,
since English is not my native language, and I could only put
what I knew of them personally or through some research on the
internet.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

        * gdb.texinfo (titlepage): Remove dedication.
        (In Memoriam): New appendix.

Tested on x86_64-linux by generating the info, html and pdf manuals.
OK to commit?

---
 gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo |   25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index e58dd57..9dccbe0 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -100,10 +100,6 @@ Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA@*
 ISBN 1-882114-77-9 @*
 
 @insertcopying
-@page
-This edition of the GDB manual is dedicated to the memory of Fred
-Fish.  Fred was a long-standing contributor to GDB and to Free
-software in general.  We will miss him.
 @end titlepage
 @page
 
@@ -171,6 +167,7 @@ software in general.  We will miss him.
 * Command Line Editing::        Command Line Editing
 * Using History Interactively:: Using History Interactively
 @end ifclear
+* In Memoriam::                 In Memoriam
 * Formatting Documentation::    How to format and print @value{GDBN} documentation
 * Installing GDB::              Installing GDB
 * Maintenance Commands::        Maintenance Commands
@@ -31004,6 +31001,26 @@ things without first using the debugger to find the facts.
 @include inc-hist.texinfo
 @end ifclear
 
+@node In Memoriam
+@appendix In Memoriam
+
+The GDB project mourns the loss of the following long-time contributors:
+
+@table @code
+@item Fred Fish
+Fred was a long-standing contributor to GDB (1991-2006), and to Free
+Software in general.  Outside of GDB, he was known in the Amiga world
+for his series of Fish Disks, and the GeekGadget project.
+
+@item Michael Snyder
+Michael was one of the Global Maintainers of the GDB project, with
+contributions recorded as early as 1996, until 2011.  In addition to
+his day to day participation, he was a large driving force behind
+adding Reverse Debugging to GDB.
+@end table
+
+Beyond their technical contributions to the project, they were also
+enjoyable members of the Free Software Community.  We will miss them.
 
 @node Formatting Documentation
 @appendix Formatting Documentation
-- 
1.7.1


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