Steven Bosscher wrote:
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 1:44 AM, Richard Kenner
<ken...@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> wrote:
I think the community of GCC consumers also doesn't care which sandbox
the developers play in, as long as they're all playing in the same
sandbox. But maybe I'm wrong, and maybe that's why I've never been
able to understand why EGCS merged back into the FSF GCC in the first
place...
I think you're wrong. Many of these players are large companies (such
as IBM and now, RedHat). Putting them in the position of having to
"reject" the official FSF contribution is awkward for them.
I'm sorry, but I don't see it that way.
Having been on the front lines on this issue in the past, I can say our
customers certainly cared about it and therefore we (Cygnus, now Red
Hat) care about it.
Jeff
