From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32163 invoked by alias); 21 May 2005 14:23:24 -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 32093 invoked from network); 21 May 2005 14:23:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nevyn.them.org) (66.93.172.17) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 21 May 2005 14:23:11 -0000 Received: from drow by nevyn.them.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DZUsh-0000A0-EE; Sat, 21 May 2005 10:23:11 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 14:23:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Paul Schlie Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [discuss] Support for reverse-execution Message-ID: <20050521142311.GB430@nevyn.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Paul Schlie , gdb@sources.redhat.com References: <20050521015245.GA17463@nevyn.them.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-SW-Source: 2005-05/txt/msg00265.txt.bz2 On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 10:13:04AM -0400, Paul Schlie wrote: > > When someone implements reversible debugging in a free simulator and > > wants to integrate that with GDB, they'll have the choice of doing the > > remaining steps in their simulator or in GDB. > > - Although our views may differ, I accept and support the simple reality > that those to invest the time and resources in a development, have the > greatest say in the decisions. (In this case if the desire is to define > an interface for a single lone proprietary tool, likely in satisfaction or > natural result of a commercial commercial contract to do so, then let it > be; but attempting to justify it as a good thing is a bit of a stretch). Paul, I have said repeatedly in this discussion that I think this is a natural, valid, good interface to the functionality. That's my considered opinion; I am not trying to justify anything by it. Please take a deep breath and stop tossing accusation around if you want to be taken seriously. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC