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Re: lldb support


From: Perry E. Metzger
Subject: Re: lldb support
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 19:54:32 -0500

On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 20:26:18 -0500 Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
wrote:
>   > > Why would we want to support it
>   > > rather than saying, "We support GDB -- use that."?  
> 
>   > All the usual reasons people prefer tool A over tool B:
>   > compatibility with a specific environment, personal
>   > customizations, familiarity, and personal preference. LLDB is
>   > free software. We should support it.  
> 
> Your argument disregards the important fact that LLDB is part
> of a project that aims to replace many important GNU packages,
> and its success is the GNU Project's loss.

I thought the goal of the GNU Project was to further the cause of
free software and not to make some particular brand of free software
more popular. Was I mistaken?

Perry
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Perry E. Metzger                address@hidden



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