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GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resignsGNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resignsPosted Dec 25, 2012 23:35 UTC (Tue) by dd9jn (subscriber, #4459)In reply to: GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns by mlopezibanez Parent article: GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns I agree with most of your comments. However, to be fair to Mr. Stallman we should notice that he does not enforce the use of a specific programming language. For example on Nov. 9 there was a question on the internal mailing list (g-p-d): Just wondering, is is acceptable for GNU project to use languages, other then C, C++, Scheme? [...]Someone commented: I think GNU's open for any language include .net things(hmm...)on which Stallman only replied: We ask people not to write programs in C# and .Net.".Thus I cannot see any banning of C++ - even if he dislikes it. Right, there are other hackers who expressed their concerns about using C++ for gcc, but this was a pure technical-religious thing and not about free software. BTW, for GnuPG I simply disobey the order to use the FDL.
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GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns Posted Dec 26, 2012 22:34 UTC (Wed) by stevenb (guest, #11536) [Link]
In GCC, ignoring the GFDL is hard, because there is so much legacy documentation. Before and just after the switch to GFDL, there was some talk about forking the documentation and keeping it GPL'ed. But the FSF is the copyright holder, and the GCC steering committee seems to be more interested in keeping RMS happy than in confronting him about these problems.
GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns Posted Dec 27, 2012 8:07 UTC (Thu) by dd9jn (subscriber, #4459) [Link]
Well, than it is time to stand up and do the best for gcc and free software by doing whatever is needed to keep gcc an attractive software for new developers (e.g. IT students).
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