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

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Arsen Arsenović <arsen@aarsen.me>
> Cc: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>,  tdevries@suse.de,  gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 18:51:02 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> From: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
> >> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> >> Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 08:13:14 -0600
> >> 
> >> >>>>> "Tom" == Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de> writes:
> >> 
> >> Tom> The problem doesn't happen if we use the PyConfig approach instead of the
> >> Tom> py_initialize_catch_abort approach.
> >> 
> >> Tom> Fix this by using the PyConfig approach starting 3.9 (previously, starting
> >> Tom> 3.10 to avoid Py_SetProgramName deprecation in 3.11).
> >> 
> >> Seems fine to me.
> >> 
> >> Tom> It's possible that we have the same problem and need the same fix for 3.8, but
> >> Tom> I don't have a setup to check that.  Add a todo in a comment.
> >> 
> >> I wonder if anyone even uses that version.  It has been EOL'd.
> >
> > We still support Python 3.4, because that's the only version available
> > on Windows XP.
> 
> Why does that matter?  We shouldn't hold back development of free
> software for sake of a long-abandoned proprietary operating system.

We don't.