From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Daniel Berlin <dberlin@redhat.com>
To: Michael Eager <eager@eagercon.com>
Cc: Stan Shebs <shebs@apple.com>, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: Forgot to note
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 12:55:00 -0000
Message-id: <m3y9zv6tku.fsf@dan2.cygnus.com>
References: <m33di46wkl.fsf@dan2.cygnus.com> <39E4AEE2.2213F615@apple.com> <39E4B09A.D096436F@eagercon.com>
X-SW-Source: 2000-10/msg00072.html

Michael Eager <eager@eagercon.com> writes:

> Stan Shebs wrote:
> > 
> > Even under an optimistic dwarf2 adoption scenario (dwarf2 still
> > hasn't been standardized for one thing, although it's getting
> > close), the stabs format is going to be with us for at least another
> > five years, so you should plan your hacking so that you can live with
> > the stabs reader for that long.
> 
> FYI, the current plan is to consider all of the proposals for 
> changes to Dwarf 2 by the end of this year and release a version
> of the revised standard for public review early in 2001.
> 
> My experience is the same as Stan's.  Old formats don't disappear,
> and they certainly don't disappear because someone says that they
> should.  Plan for a long End-Of-Life status.

Then, as i said, i'm really going to need some help doing this.
--Dan