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From: Valentino Giudice <valentino.giudice96@gmail.com>
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Thank you.

> Well there was an announcement; the changes in the mission statement reflect the new reality introduced by that announcement:
>
> https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2021-June/236182.html
>
> Siddhesh

I was aware of that announcement, but it doesn't mention the mission
statement at all.
It appears that the decision in question was, at the time, in contrast
with the mission statement (rather than guided by it).

If the Steering Committee updates the mission statement, it may appear
that the mission statement follows the decisions of the steering
committee (in place of the contrary). In that case, what would be the
purpose of a mission statement?

The mission statement was also updated beyond simply making it
consistent with the change: in "Supporting the goals of the GNU
project, as defined by the FSF" the reference to the FSF was removed.

Was there any announcement about the update of the mission statement itself?
On what basis does the Steering Committee change the mission statement?