Re: gdb@gnu.org Discussion

[Kevin Buettner <kevinb at cygnus dot com>]

On Nov 23,  3:47pm, Andrew Cagney wrote:

> People on this mailing list should be aware of the discussion:
> 
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/overseers/2000-q4/threads.html#00214

Indeed we should!

For those of you who have not had a chance to look it over yet, it is
about eliminating this mailing list (gdb@sources.redhat.com) in favor
of a newly created list hosted at gnu.org.

I think that the members of this forum should be allowed to weigh in
with their opinions on whether they think this is a good thing or not
prior to it actually happening.  In particular, I would like to
understand the technical reasons for eliminating this mailing list in
favor of another.  In my opinion, there should be some very compelling
technical reasons for such an action...

Of even greater import though is the fact that this mailing list move
is apparently being mandated by some sort of shadow organization of
which we know almost nothing about.  From my reading of the discussion
that Andrew pointed out, I've learned the following:

 - This shadow organization has at least twelve members.

 - Four of the members seem to be Stan Shebs, Andrew Cagney,
   Todd Whitesel, and Robert Dewar.

 - The mailing list that these members use to converse amongst
   themselves is gdbheads@gnu.org.  It is apparently a private
   list.

 - There appears to be some disagreement within the shadow
   organization (henceforth referred to as "gdbheads") regarding
   whether the mailing list move is a good idea or not.

I would like to know the following (for a start):

 - Who are the rest of the gdbheads?

 - What are their qualifications?  (Perhaps the various members
   could step forward and "introduce" themselves?)

 - What is the charter of the gdbheads?

 - What was the process used to select the gdbheads?

 - How do the current maintainers (as listed in the MAINTAINERS file)
   and other contributors fit into this new picture?

Kevin