From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ed1-x52b.google.com (mail-ed1-x52b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::52b]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E1A1A3858D3C for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2023 23:06:51 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org E1A1A3858D3C Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=google.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=google.com Received: by mail-ed1-x52b.google.com with SMTP id 4fb4d7f45d1cf-53406799540so3647889a12.1 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2023 16:06:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20230601; t=1695683210; x=1696288010; darn=sourceware.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=5U0861zHNbXKA8ajmPS1ptoLbqRd2v3wYubMfvYmnr4=; b=Xq0QcNXzUBthVbzzdrwkFiht0t+l87OCIZOtVh02sAqa2NGiSdM6ln6JQ5zbaXfVsb dgMHDoIhnbDrnm7XT54Yg4Hd+E8xbU6MwhsneWDFeo61zfgPYdZLVl5EE52sXE5NKA7R j0zkNHbA6zS4WmZEcyMG4KGKknU1m7416xeNrSOxQwdzktE0wwTSUwa2V2lPqSQeLbVV nbOh2JK2jQxqn+xzomuS6RZgi2JOkPRjsxHFa9msLJ5Pod9gOj/u5WEGqMBaZ0o/MvMv Cf+6hppS6apPKYCuGfUrLG6Fv5Mo2zXufgprlxQ4ZsR34nu69WIko/0z14W975vjH13c lBpA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1695683210; x=1696288010; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=5U0861zHNbXKA8ajmPS1ptoLbqRd2v3wYubMfvYmnr4=; b=je5WZ0EOVCvgKkwAsexWJFVF0HY5/sJ9g9MOzDUZinF4p7s2yvHbdG9zyK7SclmETS otjbaGqNDE7fAKvD9WFc0HysZfXM7eoebv5yvOaJp023j7yVXO4qGiGWKHIynYiJraVi GKlZTiugNkovjLk4jcROyLmdxp9eZKp04unBbUhe/we8wSRQZQfo8Yx8oS2WbcdsNDEQ EUbPz7qgta+j7lrTgQm8rCEvDzBCDjgq0cRb97W9DQQEeh/ShEzqnS04RaBPFXVm4282 AQ9rWjoycDG5YNuhBv1F7q73DV+USCw+qd0ULoPSJxb1P68vq/5d3mdrL/vQyE8X7DL7 z/eA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YxJZAOIX7vb4GE4hujirA0lRsKEefKw6tEoqWRmDa5OiGXNM2WG zDgjqe5lSmrtj61cGuRy5oe9AOKgmdrh5H5l/bM/iKsY+cSmiRmQvKk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IEoh6CTdVZl2s7qli5EAnxULoEQoEw2dwInrSyNDq9PQKzqpAfJk2PlR0rHi7dmoTBpGufmOQTAioE/8aYXqIg= X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:30c9:b0:9ae:3210:22fd with SMTP id b9-20020a17090630c900b009ae321022fdmr7474784ejb.48.1695683210162; Mon, 25 Sep 2023 16:06:50 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <7622C03B-728F-466C-95CD-87F14BA9D6B2@jacob.remcomp.fr> In-Reply-To: <7622C03B-728F-466C-95CD-87F14BA9D6B2@jacob.remcomp.fr> From: Ian Lance Taylor Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 16:06:32 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: History of gas To: jacob navia Cc: binutils@sourceware.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-17.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_MED,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,ENV_AND_HDR_SPF_MATCH,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP,USER_IN_DEF_DKIM_WL,USER_IN_DEF_SPF_WL autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 2:41=E2=80=AFPM jacob navia wrote: > > I have been adding a =C2=AB history =C2=BB chapter to my documentation, a= nd I have some questions about it. > > 1) Why there isn=E2=80=99t any AUTHORS file? The GNU binutils doesn't use an AUTHORS file. For that matter, neither does GCC. > 2) The earliest CONTRIBUTORS file that I found was binutils 2.19. (1988).= Is there any earlier version? I'm not sure what the 1988 reference is here, unless you are referring to the original version of gas. I think the binutils 2.19 release was in 2008. > 3) What about later versions? See the ChangeLog files, which date back to 1992. Ian