Re: Proposal to Removal of QNX Neutrino support from GDB
Stephen Webb via Gdb <[email protected]>
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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 [email protected] >>> 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 >> [email protected], 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This transmission (including any attachments) may contain confidential information, privileged material (including material protected by the solicitor-client or other applicable privileges), or constitute non-public information. Any use of this information by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately reply to the sender and delete this information from your system. Use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this transmission by unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful.