From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org (eggs.gnu.org [IPv6:2001:470:142:3::10]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 38FA9385843A for ; Tue, 16 May 2023 16:12:16 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 38FA9385843A Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gnu.org Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gnu.org Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pyxHb-0007zD-4n; Tue, 16 May 2023 12:12:15 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=B+HNJ4aGFV0bEhnKboPZyiGaq0j+tF0BmWgYMlWFukI=; b=Tt9Q/5D3gTxP SR1+vyWejIqVZwnuw9Cmwh+On/mFEhy9pU7mo/iaLp75I3tw+QMVtWnHWl1kDOl/Fq/IfPGT/pRF8 pWUmkFIk1lXT+kDH1vrOTZwDB/l2+N4ERpFVnFA97ZjeuSGUVvaoJDqT63apT1MKadioqRFeAK2mM hMKpCsxwoBtjVQVVqgpx033/oboPcE/G4hxsh2v9ml3IBVY7Zm/os04yrD4ZRFFe4nRGl670VJWI3 lDiSjcERt7XbFZ+pda95Nr5nY977B5pcOPH9TeXdzueO2g6iBIPDTPN2dHxLK8IRoQ64AyowGhwP7 3/IoI7OCNuh6nlWYFhl6wA==; Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pyxHa-0007Tj-LE; Tue, 16 May 2023 12:12:14 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 19:12:23 +0300 Message-Id: <83lehoz254.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Mark Wielaard Cc: gdb@sourceware.org In-Reply-To: (message from Mark Wielaard on Mon, 15 May 2023 21:00:00 +0200) Subject: Re: Sourceware joins Software Freedom Conservancy References: <20230515181812.GO11203@gnu.wildebeest.org> <83353x1lkr.fsf@gnu.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,KAM_SHORT,RCVD_IN_BARRACUDACENTRAL,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: > From: Mark Wielaard > Cc: gdb@sourceware.org > Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 21:00:00 +0200 > > > Any chance you (or someone else "in the know") could explain what > > does this mean in practical terms? > > In practical terms it just means that Sourceware is a bit more > organized/formalized. > > > E.g., do any of the addresses and URLs > > we've been using for working on GDB will change in any way? > > They will not. > > > What about access to the GDB Git repository? > > That will be the same as before. > We will just have more (redundant) backups, like those on sourcehut: > https://sr.ht/~sourceware/binutils-gdb/sources > > > What about development procedures and practices? Etc. etc. > > This is only about the actual infrastructure services. You as gdb > community of course still decide how to use those and what policies > your projects uses. > > > It is a bit strange that such an announcement talks at length about > > everything except what the GDB developers and contributors need to > > know. > > Sorry, we were just excited about all the future potential. > Hopefully the opportunity to protect the confidence in the long term > future of Sourceware is also of interest to the gdb community. > > See also the newly announced Sourceware Overseers Open Office hours: > https://inbox.sourceware.org/overseers/20230515183216.GA11203@gnu.wildebeest.org/T/#u Thanks for the useful info.