Re: [PATCH] gdb: Fix an ODR warning with byacc with GDB_YY_REMAP

[Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>]

Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de> writes:

> On 9/27/23 09:35, Sam James wrote:
>> Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de> writes:
>> 
>>> On 9/26/23 15:48, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>>>>> "Tom" == Tom de Vries via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org> writes:
>>>> Tom> On 9/12/23 02:58, Sam James wrote:
>>>>>> - Tom commented that it probably constitutes obvious but while I
>>>>>> have binutils access, I'm not listed in gdb/MAINTAINERS for
>>>>>> write-after-approval, so I'm hesitant.
>>>> Tom> GDB write-after-approval requires a copyright assignment that
>>>> covers
>>>> Tom> gdb.  Do you have a copyright assignment for gdb?
>>>> I think this patch could land without the paperwork, since it is
>>>> small.
>>>
>>> Agreed, which is why I've already approved it and asked Sam to commit it.
>>>
>>>> And, it would be good to get it in before GDB 14, since it is a build
>>>> fix.
>>>
>>> Agreed.  Sam, is there anything preventing you from committing this?
>>> If so, then I can take care of it.
>> Sorry folks, done now - Tom's question had prompted me to go finally
>> figure out the copyright assignment bits and I got distracted.
>> Pushed!
>> 
>
> Hi,
>
> thanks for pushing it.
>
> I saw you used a Copyright-paperwork-exempt tag, it's good to make
> that explicit (FWIW, I was not familiar with the tag itself, but I see
> there's prior usage).
>
> Just want to mention: my understanding is that this commit goes into
> the bucket legally insignificant contributions.  If you keep adding
> similar commits, at some point this bucket will overflow and you need
> a copyright assignment to keep contributing regardless of the nature
> of the patch.  I wish these things were less complicated ...

Thank you! I've just had the email from the FSF saying it's all done
(it was in-flight for a while but I needed to do some bits to finish it off).

I appreciate the nudge to get this done, it was overdue anyway and
I was putting it off.

Would you mind if I added myself to write-after-approval?

>
> Thanks,
> - Tom

best,
sam