FreeBSD users of gcc

FreeBSD users of gcc

[Loren James Rittle]

Greetings,

I am the named maintainer of the freebsd port.  I have been for
approximately twelve years; although I haven't been very active the
last four years.

The last major work I put into the freebsd port was at the end of
2009.  I have reviewed others' patches since then; but it really
hasn't required anything major since David O'Brien and I did
foundational work in the early 200Xs (which itself was based on many
others' foundations).  Gerald Pfeifer has also done much to keep the
port in a good shape.  (I also don't want to ignore the many patches
that came from members of the FreeBSD core team and other FreeBSD
users.)

To complicate matters, I haven't been using FreeBSD on my primary
desktop or otherwise since early 2011.

FreeBSD is listed as a tier one platform.  Therefore, I am looking for
someone that both the GCC steering committee and I would be willing to
hand over the reigns before I drop my officially-listed
maintainership.

The expected person will likely already have Write After Approval status.

Please contact me directly, if you are qualified and interested in
becoming the freebsd OS port maintainer.

Regards,
Loren

Andreas Tobler appointed FreeBSD maintainer (was: FreeBSD users of gcc)

[Gerald Pfeifer]

A while ago Loren James Rittle, who had been taking care of GCC 
on FreeBSD for many years and brought the port to modern standards, 
wrote the following on this list:

  >> I am the named maintainer of the freebsd port.  I have been for
  >> approximately twelve years; although I haven't been very active
  >> the last four years. [...] I am looking for someone that both the 
  >> GCC steering committee and I would be willing to hand over the 
  >> reigns before I drop my officially-listed maintainership.

Turns out that with Andreas Tobler we are in the lucky position to
have someone like that.  Andreas already contributed arm*-*-freebsd*
support, PIE support for FreeBSD, did some PowerPC work, and more.

So, today I am happy to announce that the steering committee has 
appointed Andreas maintainer of the FreeBSD ports of GCC.

And I'd like to extend many thanks to Loren James for all his
contributions to libstdc++ and GCC on FreeBSD over many years.

Thanks a bunch, Loren, and happy hacking, Andreas!

Gerald

Re: Andreas Tobler appointed FreeBSD maintainer

[Andreas Tobler]

On 22.06.15 20:33, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> A while ago Loren James Rittle, who had been taking care of GCC
> on FreeBSD for many years and brought the port to modern standards,
> wrote the following on this list:
>
>    >> I am the named maintainer of the freebsd port.  I have been for
>    >> approximately twelve years; although I haven't been very active
>    >> the last four years. [...] I am looking for someone that both the
>    >> GCC steering committee and I would be willing to hand over the
>    >> reigns before I drop my officially-listed maintainership.
>
> Turns out that with Andreas Tobler we are in the lucky position to
> have someone like that.  Andreas already contributed arm*-*-freebsd*
> support, PIE support for FreeBSD, did some PowerPC work, and more.
>
> So, today I am happy to announce that the steering committee has
> appointed Andreas maintainer of the FreeBSD ports of GCC.
>
> And I'd like to extend many thanks to Loren James for all his
> contributions to libstdc++ and GCC on FreeBSD over many years.
>
> Thanks a bunch, Loren, and happy hacking, Andreas!

Thank you!

I updated the MAINTAINERS file, see below.

Andreas

2015-06-22  Andreas Tobler  <andreast@gcc.gnu.org>

	* MAINTAINERS (OS Port Maintainers): Add myself.
	(Various Maintainers): Remove myself from libffi testsuite.

Index: MAINTAINERS
===================================================================
--- MAINTAINERS	(revision 224759)
+++ MAINTAINERS	(working copy)
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
  darwin port		Mike Stump		<mikestump@comcast.net>
  darwin port		Eric Christopher	<echristo@gmail.com>
  DJGPP			DJ Delorie		<dj@delorie.com>
-freebsd			Loren J. Rittle		<ljrittle@acm.org>
+freebsd			Andreas Tobler		<andreast@gcc.gnu.org>
  GNU/Hurd		Thomas Schwinge		<thomas@schwinge.name>
  hpux			John David Anglin	<dave.anglin@bell.net>
  hpux			Steve Ellcey		<sellcey@mips.com>
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@
  libiberty		DJ Delorie		<dj@redhat.com>
  libiberty		Ian Lance Taylor	<ian@airs.com>
  libitm			Torvald Riegel		<triegel@redhat.com>
-libffi testsuite	Andreas Tobler		<andreast@gcc.gnu.org>
  libmpx			Ilya Enkovich		<enkovich.gnu@gmail.com>
  libobjc			Nicola Pero		<nicola.pero@meta-innovation.com>
  libobjc			Andrew Pinski		<pinskia@gmail.com>