From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9562 invoked by alias); 6 Oct 2014 23:36:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 9550 invoked by uid 89); 6 Oct 2014 23:36:48 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: rock.gnat.com Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Mon, 06 Oct 2014 23:36:47 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13BAA11620F; Mon, 6 Oct 2014 19:36:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id fVyaPm734tgL; Mon, 6 Oct 2014 19:36:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E18AA116198; Mon, 6 Oct 2014 19:36:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 10D44498AA; Mon, 6 Oct 2014 16:36:49 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 23:36:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Pedro Alves Cc: "gdb@sourceware.org" Subject: Re: FYI: GCC dropped score support Message-ID: <20141006233649.GW27467@adacore.com> References: <542ECD16.7020907@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <542ECD16.7020907@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2014-10/txt/msg00010.txt.bz2 > While the deprecation theme is playing in the background ... > > I noticed that GCC has just removed support for score: > > https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2014-10/msg00305.html > > I'm looking at score-tdep.c/score-tdep.h and wondering if > it makes any sense to still maintain that... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%2Bcore Thinking out loud... If the port isn't getting in the way, perhaps we could send out a quick deprecation warning announce following our standard protocol; but instead of actually removing support right away, we'd just keep it on a best-effort basis? I'm not actually sure this is a good idea at all, as not receiving any response today does not mean that people might not be starting using it again tomorrow... So, unless we think there is enough benefit in remove support for this target sooner rather than later, the other option is to keep the info you about GCC in mind if it ever starts getting in the way? -- Joel