Re: GNU Tools @ Linux Plumbers Conference

Simon Marchi
2020-07-31T18:18:30Z

On 2020-07-29 5:01 p.m., Joel Brobecker wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
>> I think it would be a great opportunity to meet in some way. I really enjoyed
>> meeting all the GDB developers who were there at Cauldron last year, I know I
>> would enjoy hearing your voices again (and maybe new voices).
>
> Me too.
>
>> If people are interested, I don't mind taking care of registering a
>> BoF session. Keeping in mind that the deadline is this Friday (July
>> 31st), I would need to know pretty quickly if at least a few others
>> would show up if we do this.
>
> I would like this.
>
>> If we do this session, I can also take care of collecting a list of
>> topics that folks would like to talk about, just post them here. It
>> can be pretty much about anything related to GDB development.
>
> Past and planned architectural changes? E.g.
> - the moving of gnulib and gdbserver
> - some of the changes you've made to the type system to provide
> a more C++-like API (replacing some of the macros we have been
> using)
> - Do people want to give feedback on the new version numbering scheme?
> - other large changes that people would like to pre-announce?
>
> Thanks Simon!

Thanks to all who responded, I sent a message to tools-cauldron-admin yesterday asking
to reserve a slot for a GDB BoF.

Another topic idea:

If anybody is planning to contribute to GDB (either a feature, architecture support, whatever)
and is not sure about the process, best practices, or whatever, I think the BoF could be a good
time to come and talk about what you are planning to submit. That will make the maintainers aware
of what's coming, and will help you get early feedback on how to make the submission so the
process is as smooth as possible.

Simon