From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29725 invoked by alias); 2 Dec 2004 14:23:35 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 28439 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2004 14:22:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nevyn.them.org) (66.93.172.17) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 2 Dec 2004 14:22:46 -0000 Received: from drow by nevyn.them.org with local (Exim 4.34 #1 (Debian)) id 1CZrqm-0008Ch-Qp; Thu, 02 Dec 2004 09:22:28 -0500 Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 14:23:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Brian LaPonsey Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: mcore-*-* target to be deleted? Message-ID: <20041202142228.GA30595@nevyn.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Brian LaPonsey , gdb@sources.redhat.com References: <1101996241.4678.13.camel@blapo.sps.mot.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1101996241.4678.13.camel@blapo.sps.mot.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i X-SW-Source: 2004-12/txt/msg00014.txt.bz2 On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 02:04:01PM +0000, Brian LaPonsey wrote: > Hello, > > I (belatedly) noticed an announcement on the GDB web page that the mcore > target has been declared obsolete and is going to be deleted from gdb in > the next release. > > I have made some inquiries about the impact this would have on our > customers, and although the response wasn't huge, it was definitely not > zero. There's a small but determined population of developers who > continue to use gdb with mcore. It also has a small but growing market > with small firms working through distributors, as well as a new design > group in China that prefers to use non-Microsoft tools. > > I don't know if one vote matters, but I vote to save the mcore. A vote doesn't make much difference - someone willing to maintain the code, update it, and regularly test it, would make more of a difference. The target has already been removed in HEAD, and we won't re-add it unless a maintainer steps forward and submits an updated port. -- Daniel Jacobowitz