Re: GDB/MI snapshots between major release's

Bob Rossi
2004-10-03T19:39:30Z

On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 12:35:47PM -0700, Felix Lee wrote:
> Bob Rossi <bob@brasko.net>:
> > I would say that I am not overthinking it, I am simply thinking about
> > it. I want to make sure that CVS snapshots will support a valid MI
> > interface. Major distro's use these snapshots, and I would like to have
> > compatibility with them.
>
> the gdb testsuite has tests that exercise the MI versions.
> 'successfully passing the MI tests' is a form of compatibility
> guarantee. if the existing tests aren't a strong enough
> guarantee, then new tests can be added.

This is great news!

> the bigger problem is
> insufficient manpower to fix known failures.

Is there a list of these known failures or problems?

Thanks,
Bob Rossi