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:

>> 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.
-- 
Arsen Arsenović

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