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From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@redhat.com>
To: Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
Cc: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>,
	Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>,
	       "gdb-patches@sourceware.org" <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: duplicated code in gdb and gdbserver
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:48:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110112201204.GB13164@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikytwEGmpwo3ANxcfiJBSAWt4YgVKQOu82UH4nQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi, Doug -

dje wrote:

> [...] I think the remote protocol itself is getting old.  In days of
> multiple threads, inferiors, and architectures, plus an expanding
> feature set, ISTM IWBN to start over.  [...]

Do you believe there might come to be a concensus on this point in the
forseeable future?

(Questions I'd start with: Forgiving old age, what actual shortcomings
are known?  Are they beyond the remote packet-extension mechanisms?
Is there another suitable existing protocol?  Is there a champion
really interested in designing / implementing such a thing?)

- FChE


  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-01-12 20:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-01-07 15:23 Yao Qi
2011-01-07 16:37 ` Doug Evans
2011-01-08  3:34   ` Yao Qi
2011-01-08  5:17     ` Joel Brobecker
2011-01-10 13:39   ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2011-01-10 14:09     ` Joel Brobecker
2011-01-10 15:10       ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2011-01-10 15:50       ` Paul Koning
2011-01-10 15:51     ` Doug Evans
2011-01-10 15:54       ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2011-01-10 16:35         ` Doug Evans
2011-01-10 19:02           ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2011-01-11 23:35             ` Joel Brobecker
2011-01-11 23:38           ` Joel Brobecker
2011-01-12  0:30             ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2011-01-12 17:54               ` Doug Evans
2011-01-12 18:06                 ` Doug Evans
2011-01-12 18:43                   ` Paul Koning
2011-01-12 19:04                     ` Doug Evans
2011-01-12 20:09                 ` Joel Brobecker
2011-01-12 20:48                 ` Frank Ch. Eigler [this message]
2011-01-14 17:04                   ` Doug Evans
2011-01-12 15:47           ` Tom Tromey
2011-01-07 17:17 ` Stan Shebs

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