Re: [RFA] Resubmit, reverse debugging [0/5]

Joel Brobecker
2008-10-11T09:47:17Z

> OK, I agree -- but it's in use, in the field.

I don't see this as a factor. If people want to use the version of the
protocol that has been deployed, then they can stick with the debugger
provided by the associated vendors. If they want to use the FSF GDB,
then they have to migrate. We're not suddenly dropping a feature that
we used to support. If we look at Ada as an example, there are several
features that AdaCore contributed which got redesigned as the result of
the review process. That meant that people using GPS (AdaCore's GUI)
would have some compatibility issues with the FSF GDB for a while, until
we enhanced GDB to recognize the way we implemented the given feature
for the FSF. We have done that a few times, now.

Personally, after having had protocol compatibility issues between
a vendor-supplied gdbserver and our GDB, putting a new packet only to
remove it later is, IMO, asking for the same trouble again.

--
Joel