From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23326 invoked by alias); 11 Dec 2013 15:36:59 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 23308 invoked by uid 89); 11 Dec 2013 15:36:58 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: rock.gnat.com Received: from Unknown (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:36:57 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B951116260; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:37:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id xvRRwVIzpRCo; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:37:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC124116242; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:37:28 -0500 (EST) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C5001E059D; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 16:36:48 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:36:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Tom Tromey Cc: Doug Evans , gdb-patches@sourceware.org, Sergio Durigan , Jan Kratochvil Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add some const-ness to py-cmd.c Message-ID: <20131211153648.GB3227@adacore.com> References: <871u1k5srh.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <87fvq03waa.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <20131211075328.GA3227@adacore.com> <87zjo72zhj.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87zjo72zhj.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2013-12/txt/msg00431.txt.bz2 > Red Hat at least needs 2.6 for a while still. RHEL 6 ships Python 2.6. > It would be more convenient for us if this were supported by gdb. > > Of course gdb can go its own route and we will cope somehow. > A few points though -- Just to be clear, I have no objection whatsoever towards keeping support for 2.6! I don't think it is going to be that much more work in any case, but just wondered whether that was necessary. The one transition that worries me is 3.x, and I think this one is going to hurt (at AdaCore). -- Joel