IBM Linux/390 patches

[linas@linas.org]

It's been rumoured that Mike Stump said:
> I don't know why everyone is jumping up and down.

If the gcc Steering Committee knows of duplicate efforts, then I think
it is duty bound to steer the two efforts towards each other, and to
actively oversee & coordinate these efforts.  I'd think that the i370
and the s390 efforts are large enough (year long, multi-programmer)
to merit this kind of attention.

If this is outside of the purview of the Steering Committee, then maybe
it should change its name to more accurately reflect its duties and
activities?

It would seem that someone on the committee not only knew of both efforts
for a number of months, and did nothing about it, but also capped it off
with a series of solidly rude and insulting messages to the i370 team.

--linas

P.S. I am not enjoying the role I have inadvertently assumed.  I am
getting tired of pointing my finger and trying to sort out the various
social issues and ethical lapses.  I had nightmares last night about
this last set of email exchanges.  Please, can we move on to some sort
of more productive conversations?