From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 126920 invoked by alias); 20 Feb 2019 20:49:18 -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 126752 invoked by uid 89); 20 Feb 2019 20:49:17 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=Hx-languages-length:757, noted X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 20 Feb 2019 20:49:16 +0000 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx07.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7061930832CB for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2019 20:49:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from f29-4.lan (ovpn-117-11.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.117.11]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4D19B1001DC6 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2019 20:49:14 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 20:49:00 -0000 From: Kevin Buettner To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use Python 2.[67] / 3.X / PEP 3118 buffer protocol Message-ID: <20190220134913.3b4a730c@f29-4.lan> In-Reply-To: <974b7419-3cbf-cf1e-256e-1724c96eb5d9@redhat.com> References: <20190219145110.03bccce6@f29-4.lan> <974b7419-3cbf-cf1e-256e-1724c96eb5d9@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2019-02/txt/msg00339.txt.bz2 On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 19:05:26 +0000 Pedro Alves wrote: > On 02/19/2019 09:51 PM, Kevin Buettner wrote: > > As noted earlier, Python 2.6, Python 2.7, and Python 3.X all have > > support for the PEP 3118 buffer protocol. Python releases prior > > to 2.6 use an older buffer protocol. Since Python 2.6 has been > > retired for a good while now, it seems reasonable to me to remove > > code using the older buffer protocol from GDB. > > Not objecting, but I think you should send an email to gdb@ with > a clear subject indicating that you're proposing to drop support > for Python < 2.6. Okay, I've done this. See: https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2019-02/msg00020.html Kevin