Re: [PATCH] [gdb/python] Use PyConfig for python 3.9

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2025 12:09:05 -0500
> Cc: tdevries@suse.de, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> From: Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca>
> 
> > We can discuss the broader issue of whether we want to drop support
> > for XP, yes.  When we do, please explain how supporting it holds back
> > GNU development, as the basis for the discussion, and let's take it
> > from there.
> 
> One possibility is to declare that it's no longer possible to compile
> GDB with Python support, on Windows XP, because we want to make use of
> Python features newer that the latest Python that works on XP.

IMO, that's not a good idea, because Python support is nowadays
considered a de-facto integral part of GDB.  For example, the .gdbinit
file shipped with GNU Emacs uses Python without even testing that it's
available.

Btw, the problem is not the system where GDB is compiled, the problem
is the system on which it runs.