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[Walter Bright]

Leandro Lucarella wrote:
> Walter Bright, el 26 de junio a las 12:30 me escribiste:
>>> Where do you post it, who do you send it to, who is the judge, and
>>> where is the verdict posted?
>>> D should try to avoid being like Iran!
>> Here's one example Robert mentioned: getting D support into the GDB main source. That doesn't require anything from me or anyone else. It requires someone to 
>> doggedly push the changes to the people who control GDB.
>>
>> It's not a big job - the GDB patches already exist.
>>
>> http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10142
>>
>> But it's a high leverage issue, meaning it'll be a big win for D's
>> acceptance and credibility.
> 
> I have tried to push the patches on[1], but sadly never got an answer from
> the original author. Again, some D-related stuff got abandoned, I don't
> know, maybe D is damned =/
> 
> I guess someone has to rewrite those patches to be able to integrate them
> in GDB (or try harder to find the patches author).
> 
> [1] http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10142
> 


The ones less than 10 lines don't need to be rewritten, just the longer 
ones. It still should be a straightforward job, there isn't that much of 
it. That's why I suggest it is the ideal project for someone wanting to 
contribute to D - it's a small project with large positive consequences.