Re: [RFA] Darwin/x86 port (v2 - part 0)

Mark Kettenis
2008-11-14T15:56:17Z

> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:43:08 -0800
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
>
> (trying to take my AdaCore hat off)
>
> > My natural inclination is to accept the code into the trunk after review
> > - I suspect that the next round of changes will be more invasive into
> > the rest of GDB, and it would be easier to consider each of those
> > separately from the basic port. But, I have a track record of being too
> > optimistic on this strategy, ahem. :-) What do other people think?
>
> I think that's a good approach. In this case, it is even more attractive
> as the changes have remained uninvasive so far, so it would be easy to
> undo them all if we decided to do so. All in all, I think we have a lot
> to gain, and little to lose.

Just to be clear. I'm happy with the state the i386-specefic bits are
in, so if Stan's happy with the generic Darwin bits I have no
objections. Best to have this in the tree such that it is easier for
other people to work on.