Re: XML dumping and GraphViz/VCG in the GCC ast-optimizer-branch

[Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot com>]

James Michael DuPont writes:

> Also RMS has supported my fight with the University of Saarland that
> tried to block the release of the uglified parts of the vcg tool. 
> 
> I now have that non-uglified code from the author and will be
> re-releasing VCG as a GNU project later on when I find some time.

This is great news and would be a huge contribution to the free software
world, especially if it reads graphviz format.

> > Especially on side branches, you should assume that anything there is
> > experimental and not necessarily accepted for release. 
> > Non-acceptance
> > might be based on technical reasons or policy reasons.
> 
> Fine, then you wont have any problem with me branching the
> ast-optimizer branch and maintaining that Branch for visualization.

Ah, the argument from precedent again!  *I* have no problem, and if you're
in regular communication with RMS then you'll know whether or not *he* has
a problem, but of course there's a strong difference between "I don't like
it" and "I'm going to try to stop you" and I suspect that his feelings
will be more in the former category.