Re: About gsoc

[Dave Blanchard <dave@killthe.net>]

On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 09:32:26 +0000
Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 at 09:31, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 at 01:59, Dave Blanchard <dave@killthe.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, 4 Mar 2024 10:06:34 +0000
> > > Jonathan Wakely via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Mon, 4 Mar 2024 at 06:58, mokshagnareddyc--- via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello sir/mam
> > > > > I am mokshagna reddy from Mahindra university and i am currently in my second year of under graduation in Btech artificial intelligence i had intrest in your organization and i know programming languages like c, c++,python   how can i contribute from now and can u send details about the project . Thank you hope i will get reply as soon as possible.
> > > >
> > > > If you want to apply for GSoC and convince people you're a suitable
> > > > candidate and would invest the necessary time and effort, maybe you
> > > > should find details of the project for yourself instead of asking
> > > > others to provide them.
> > > >
> > > > A simple web search would have found https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SummerOfCode
> > >
> > > Wow, what a fucking prick this guy is.
> > >
> > > My apologies to our friend Mr. Mokshagna Reddy for this extreme rudeness.
> > >
> > > Maybe he did you a favor with such a response. Why should anyone waste their time and energy donating free work to a dumpster fire project like GCC, when this is the thanks you get? I recommend contributing your valuable time to LLVM/clang or some other non-GNU project instead, where it will likely be more appreciated.
> >
> > GSoC isn't free work, it's paid. Get a clue, or go away.

Oh, I see! Since this poor young university student might expect to receive small payment  for his time spent in improving GCC--which is a very complex project that is not easily modified--therefore you're excused in treating him like yesterday's trash.

Makes perfect sense to you, I guess.

> 
> That's directed at Dave, in case it wasn't obvious. He contributes
> nothing here except bile.

Have you read any of your own posts? You are one of the biggest assholes I've encountered in the open source world, and I've met some real dicks. People like you have been driving newbies away from Linux/BSD for decades. You never learn.

What you call "bile" is merely me being the one guy who's willing to call you on your bullshit. This is hardly the first time you've shown your ass to someone who was trying to help the GCC project in some way. Remember Stefan Kanthak? Others may remember he pointed out serious problems with the GCC optimizer on x86-32 which you also rudely dismissed, calling him a noob, etc.

Are you an official representative of the GCC project, or just some random asshole who lurks here and thinks he owns the place? What do YOU actually contribute to this list that is so valuable it excuses your rudeness? I wonder if Mr. Stallman approves of you helping to drive away potential GNU contributors, at a time when this project needs fresh blood arguably more than ever. Let's find out.

Dave