From 4ceed1237710c7839c59db58515e0be8186138b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joel Brobecker Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 15:09:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] new `In Memoriam' appendix in GDB Manual This change removes the dedication of the manual to Fred Fish. It also creates a new `In Memoriam' appendix, where Fred Fish and Michael Snyder are mentioned. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: * gdb.texinfo (titlepage): Remove dedication. (In Memoriam): New appendix. --- gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 514d5847824..04ebe2d8ec3 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2011-05-03 Joel Brobecker + + * gdb.texinfo (titlepage): Remove dedication. + (In Memoriam): New appendix. + 2011-04-27 Jan Kratochvil Eli Zaretskii diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index ff5b7cb5f72..a0d59912d6b 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -100,10 +100,6 @@ Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA@* ISBN 1-882114-77-9 @* @insertcopying -@page -This edition of the GDB manual is dedicated to the memory of Fred -Fish. Fred was a long-standing contributor to GDB and to Free -software in general. We will miss him. @end titlepage @page @@ -171,6 +167,7 @@ software in general. We will miss him. * Command Line Editing:: Command Line Editing * Using History Interactively:: Using History Interactively @end ifclear +* In Memoriam:: In Memoriam * Formatting Documentation:: How to format and print @value{GDBN} documentation * Installing GDB:: Installing GDB * Maintenance Commands:: Maintenance Commands @@ -31017,6 +31014,26 @@ things without first using the debugger to find the facts. @include inc-hist.texinfo @end ifclear +@node In Memoriam +@appendix In Memoriam + +The GDB project mourns the loss of the following long-time contributors: + +@table @code +@item Fred Fish +Fred was a long-standing contributor to GDB (1991-2006), and to Free +Software in general. Outside of GDB, he was known in the Amiga world +for his series of Fish Disks, and the GeekGadget project. + +@item Michael Snyder +Michael was one of the Global Maintainers of the GDB project, with +contributions recorded as early as 1996, until 2011. In addition to +his day to day participation, he was a large driving force behind +adding Reverse Debugging to GDB. +@end table + +Beyond their technical contributions to the project, they were also +enjoyable members of the Free Software Community. We will miss them. @node Formatting Documentation @appendix Formatting Documentation -- 2.30.2