Re: PATCH: tests for MI commands

[Bob Rossi <bob@brasko.net>]

>  > +FAIL: gdb.mi/mi2-var-display.exp: get children local variable weird
>  >
>  > Please fix them - I think the easiest thing to do is to revert the
>  > changes to the affected source files and switch those two modified
>  > tests to using new source files.
> 
> Given the scarce resources for this unpaid work I ask you again to consider
> removing the mi2-*.exp files and just test the current version of MI.  The
> reality is that they serve no useful purpose (mi-*.exp tests would still
> pass if GDB was invoked with "-i=mi2") and they require effort that could
> be better spent on other things.

Nick, I don't fully agree that the mi2- tests serve no useful purpose.
The mi2- tests make sure that the MI2 protocol is completly tested (MI2 
works no less then what the mi2- tests say they do), and the mi- tests 
make sure that the current development MI protocol is being tested. I 
think it's important to keep both tests for this reason. Do you still
think they should be removed after this explanation?

For instance, it's possible that a command works differently between the
2 versions (don't know if this currently even happens).

Thanks,
Bob Rossi