From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9534 invoked by alias); 25 Oct 2006 12:49:35 -0000 Received: (qmail 9524 invoked by uid 22791); 25 Oct 2006 12:49:33 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nevyn.them.org (HELO nevyn.them.org) (66.93.172.17) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31.1) with ESMTP; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:49:23 +0000 Received: from drow by nevyn.them.org with local (Exim 4.54) id 1GciC9-0004B6-BH; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:49:21 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:49:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Russell Shaw Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Gdb Message-ID: <20061025124921.GA15974@nevyn.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Russell Shaw , gdb@sourceware.org References: <453F0CA7.7070309@netspace.net.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <453F0CA7.7070309@netspace.net.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-10/txt/msg00237.txt.bz2 On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 05:05:11PM +1000, Russell Shaw wrote: > There is far too much complexity for the simple things that gdb does. I just don't know what to do with this message. Yes, GDB is a bit crufty and could use some new design in places. But calling the target control tasks "simple" is absurd. It is a typical fallacy to assume that a task you are only lightly familiar with is simple, when in fact most of the existing complexity is necessary. > If there's no plans to redo gdb, i'll do it anyway. You are welcome to submit individual patches which make areas of GDB easier to understand. There are even some suggestions on the wiki. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery