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

Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Jeff Law <law@redhat.com> wrote:

So what if the FSF hadn't accepted the reality of the day, and had
decided to let egcs *not* be the official GCC?  Would you have pulled
the plug on egcs and gone back to the cathedral?

Personally, I would have continued to put my effort into EGCS. Obviously, I
can't speak for other developers specifically, I believe if you compared
overall developer participation in the projects, it was clear that EGCS was
more viable.

yes -- and some of us got into GCC, precisely thanks to the open
development of EGCS.
That's good to hear.

FWIW, I don't think we're anywhere near the same kind of tipping point we faced a dozen years ago. I believe both sides learned lessons along the way and I actually see evidence of that in the simple fact that we've got a license and blessing to go forward with a plugin framework.

Jeff

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