Re: Proposal to Removal of QNX Neutrino support from GDB

[Stephen Webb <swebb@blackberry.com>]

On 2021-08-04 10:51, Simon Marchi wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2021-03-01 11:45 a.m., Simon Marchi via Gdb wrote:
>>> Regarding the copyright assignment, I'd like to see what is the status
>>> of QNX.  Is there maybe an existing company-wide copyright assignment
>>> for QNX, given the past contributions?  Unfortunately, the GNU server
>>> used to check those seems down.  I'll try back later.
>>>
>>> If there isn't, it's possible to get an assignment for individuals, or a
>>> company-wide one (meaning that any QNX employee can submit code to GDB).
>>>
>>> The typical form we point individuals to to get an assignment is this
>>> one (also down for me at the moment):
>>>
>>>      https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/plain/doc/Copyright/request-assign.future__;!!COg3wY07Hnb7!-QdSDefYRZU83E3QoIKDECG14HQyWydyjH4yGM0yF8AikrbmXWSfBM_bHGRdXuRJ$
>>>
>>> But I don't know if that differs if you want to get one for someone who
>>> will contribute on behalf of a company.  The folks at assign@gnu.org
>>> will be able to help you.
>>>
>>> In any case, I'd suggest sorting the copyright assignment thing as early
>>> as possible, because that can take some time.  You can still send
>>> patches and get them reviewed while that is pending, but you won't be
>>> able to merge the patches until that's done.
>>
>> I was able to take a look at the copyright assignment file.  I found an
>> entry dating from 2002-02-15 for GDB, with no name (it only mentions
>> QNX).  So it's perhaps a company-wide assignment?  Hopefully that can
>> help you find any traces of it internally.  In doubt, ask
>> assign@gnu.org, they probably have access to the detailed paperwork.
>>
>> Simon
>>
> 
> Hi Stephen
> 
> Do you have any updates about this?

I am still wrestling with internal demons on this, I apologise for the 
silence.  I should have some basic binutils patches soon as a first step.

On that topic, are binutils changes handled the same as gdb changes or 
are they a separate process? The history is very confusing.

--
smw

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