From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19782 invoked by alias); 27 Apr 2017 23:53:10 -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 19767 invoked by uid 89); 27 Apr 2017 23:53:09 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=titles, Hx-languages-length:752, interest X-HELO: simark.ca Received: from simark.ca (HELO simark.ca) (158.69.221.121) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 27 Apr 2017 23:53:07 +0000 Received: by simark.ca (Postfix, from userid 33) id 304291E48D; Thu, 27 Apr 2017 19:53:08 -0400 (EDT) To: Tom Tromey Subject: Re: [RFA 2/2] PR cli/19551 - change formatting of "Reading symbols" messages X-PHP-Originating-Script: 33:rcube.php MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 23:53:00 -0000 From: Simon Marchi Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org In-Reply-To: <87zif130hp.fsf@tromey.com> References: <20170413041504.14435-1-tom@tromey.com> <20170413041504.14435-3-tom@tromey.com> <87zif130hp.fsf@tromey.com> Message-ID: <8427911d0bf9c9c12b46ca2500198e6a@polymtl.ca> X-Sender: simon.marchi@polymtl.ca User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.2.4 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2017-04/txt/msg00762.txt.bz2 On 2017-04-27 19:16, Tom Tromey wrote: >>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Marchi writes: > > Simon> However, I think that feature would deserve a patch of its own > Simon> with a more expressive title. I am sure many people will be > Simon> interested, but like this it's hidden under some obscure bug > fix. > > I imagine most users don't read the history but rather would notice > when > gdb's behavior changes. I was mostly thinking about people subscribed to this list. Given the rather high volume, I assume that most people just read the titles and dig further if they are interested. A feature such as this one would be of interest to many, I'm sure.