GCC association with the FSF

[David Malcolm]

On Wed, 2021-04-07 at 18:24 +0200, John Darrington wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 11:15:14AM -0400, David Malcolm via Gcc
> wrote:
> 
>      > It reflects the same message that has been sent to new GNU
>      > maintainers
>      > for the decades. The GNU structure and organization document
>      > (https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-structure.en.html) is basically a
>      > reflection of that, and how we have been doing things for
> decades.
>      
>      "We've always done it this way" is not necessarily a good
> defence of an
>      existing practice.
> 
> You are right.  The GNU Structure document doesn't claim to be. It
> just
> documents the way things are.
>      
>      > That is true, RMS appoints which projects become GNU projects
> or not,
>      > and who maintains them.  And as maintainers we have a lot of
> freedom,
>      > as
>      > can be seen here, and elsewhere.  
>      
>      What you're describing sounds like a dictatorship to me.
> 
> ???? I cannot see how you reach that conclusion.

Having one guy at the top from whom all power flows.

What's the process for replacing the guy at the top, if he's become a
liability to the project?  What would a healthy structure look like?

My opinions, not my employer's, as usual
Dave