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Re: GCC 4.4.0 Status Report (2009-03-13)

David Edelsohn wrote:

> I do not believe that Mark is asserting that he and the other release
> managers have to follow the requests of the FSF.  The question is not
> what the GCC community or the release managers *can* do, the question
> is what we *should* do.  Ignoring a direct, polite request from the
> FSF has implications -- ramifications; it is a form of communication.

Correct.  It's as if I were a member of the President's cabinet and
disagreed with the administration's policy.  I'd try to persuade the
President s/he was wrong, and if I felt strongly enough I'd resign, but
I'd not act in defiance of that policy while remaining in the cabinet.

-- 
Mark Mitchell
CodeSourcery
mark@codesourcery.com
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