From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13189 invoked by alias); 3 Dec 2007 17:26:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 13179 invoked by uid 22791); 3 Dec 2007 17:26:53 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:26:44 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09DA82A9818; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 12:26:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id FJgM9BiAvwoC; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 12:26:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (nile.gnat.com [205.232.38.5]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E22A92A9809; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 12:26:42 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <47543C42.5090000@adacore.com> Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:26:00 -0000 From: Robert Dewar User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Kiesling CC: gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: Rant about ChangeLog entries and commit messages References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2007-12/txt/msg00077.txt.bz2 Robert Kiesling wrote: > That's because, although the GNU project strictly - and correctly, > experience has shown - monitors its code base, with the propagation > of the Free Software development model, newer Free Software > contributors who maintain their code on sites like sourceforge.net, > are subject to commercial pressures that the older, ivory-tower > authors in general are shielded from. > > It's impossible to convince someone who wants your "niche" for a > quickie IPO that maintaining code for more than two or three years > is worth the investment. I don't treally understand this commment, we are talking about improving the maintainability here, and what people are saying is that some other parts of the project have already moved in this direction.