RMS Objects To Support For LLVM's Debugger In GNU Emacs's Gud.el

An anonymous reader writes with the news that Richard Stallman is upset over the prospect of GNU Emacs's Grand Unified Debugger (Gud.el) supporting LLVM's LLDB debugger. Stallman says it looks like there is a systematic effort to attack GNU packages and calls for the GNU Project to respond strategically. He wrote his concerns to the mailing list after a patch emerged that would optionally support LLDB alongside GDB as an alternative debugger for Emacs. Other Emacs developers discounted RMS' claims by saying Emacs supports Windows and OS X, so why not support a BSD-licensed compiler/debugger? The Emacs maintainer has called the statements irrelevant and won't affect their decision to merge the LLDB support.

Comments

Pass the Toe Jelly

[Anonymous Coward]

I want some. Hmmm.

Typical RMS Strategy

[Sigvatr]

This actually is in perfect alignment with RMS's life work, which is to hinder the efforts of people he doesn't like. He is a vengeful, awful person. He has made some important software but those days are long behind him, today he does nothing but hurt other people.

Re:It's a cultural problem

[Cafe Alpha]

Uhm you miss that people actually need money to survive. RMS never cared about regular people. He could have come up with a system that was capable of working for regular folks who need to work for a living if he did care.

Re: Who cares what RMS wants?

[Billly Gates]

He has the freedom to throw a tantrum. You, and everyone else, also have the freedom to distribute a version of Emacs with LLVM support.

... coming soon GPL v4.

Clause IV "...any code GPLv4 may not include, link, or run on any non GPLv4."

But serisouly GPLv3 started because of his tantrum with Tivio. It would not surprise me if he did a version 4 if clang takes over.