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

["Arsen Arsenović" <arsen@aarsen.me>]

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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:52:13 +0000
>> Cc: tom@tromey.com, tdevries@suse.de, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
>> From: "Richard Earnshaw (foss)" <Richard.Earnshaw@arm.com>
>> 
>> > Btw, the problem is not the system where GDB is compiled, the problem
>> > is the system on which it runs.
>> 
>> So how long are we expected to support such an antiquated system?
>
> I think that depends on what is required to "support" them.  That's
> what we should talk about, and in practical terms.  E.g., if all
> that's required is not to delete compatibility code (and I'm not
> saying that's all, I'm just giving an example), it is my opinion that
> the effort is negligible.

I think that, for Windows XP, the repetition of this conversation any
time someone wants to use something that doesn't work on XP is reason
enough to remove it.

It's a proprietary OS even its vendor abandoned 11 years ago.  The
milliwatts spent composing this email are enough to justify ignoring it
further.  The remaining users are likely computers not used
interactively, and near-certainly not ones used for development, ergo a
debugger is redundant.

Frankly, a Windows XP machine that has enough networking hardware to
download the next release of GDB is likely a massive liability in the
first place.  Hopefully none are still connected to the internet.
-- 
Arsen Arsenović

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