Re: [Gdbheads] proposed change to GDB maintainership rules

[Jim Blandy]

Ian Lance Taylor <address@hidden> writes:
> I've already been involved in one situation where the maintainers
> could not come to a consensus, and it lead to the gcc/egcs split.
> That is probably the worst possible solution, although it turned out
> OK after a couple of years.  Making it turn out OK involved an
> enormous amount of time on the part of several individuals who worked
> steadily to try to resolve the issue.  I recommend against this
> approach.

When you say "I recommend against this approach", does that mean that
you feel the GCC community had a better alternative at the time the
split was made?  That, in retrospect, they would not have started
EGCS?  I'd like to hear more about how you view the choices in
hindsight.