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Reading the thread, it's surprising how much work is still needed to merge the D frontend (GDC) into the GCC project:

* Assign copyright to the FSF which requires contacting all authors including those who are MIA.

* Update the code to the GCC coding conventions

* Submit for review patches to the GCC core that where shipped with GDC and get them accepted

* Finding a co-maintainer

* Promise to continue to maintain the code

* Implement naked functions attribute

* Convert the testsuite to Dejagnu

* Downgrade the zlib library used by GDC or upgrade the one in GCC

Those are all reasonable requirements from the GCC project, but impose some extra work for the GDC maintainers. Cheers to them for biting the bullet.



> Assign copyright to the FSF which requires contacting all authors including those who are MIA.

What for? GDC is distributed under the GPL. Isn't it kind of the whole point of the GPL, that this kind of thing can be done without having to ask for special permission?




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