On Fri Apr 16, 2021 at 1:16 AM BST, Joseph Myers wrote: > On Fri, 16 Apr 2021, Frosku wrote: > > > Right now, the ultimate oversight of GCC sits with GNU & > > FSF -- both institutions with a mandate to represent the ecosystem based > > on level of membership and time spent fighting for free software. > > I think the oversight of glibc by development working through discussion > seeking consensus, and rejecting any attempt to override such consensus > "from above", is much more effective than any attempt GNU or FSF makes > at > oversight. An umbrella organization for the toolchain should not act as > an "above" that can override the community at all; it should provide > services to the toolchain (e.g. legal support) as needed. > > -- > Joseph S. Myers > jos...@codesourcery.com
The way I see it, the developers represent the interests of the developers, and FSF/GNU represent the interests of the users. The users should always have some level of representation in any steering discussion, especially for a project like GCC where any poor decision could have a negative effect on so many other free software projects. >>= %frosku = { os => 'gnu+linux', editor => 'emacs', coffee => 1 } =<<