From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2889 invoked by alias); 16 Dec 2013 19:10:07 -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 2872 invoked by uid 89); 16 Dec 2013 19:10:06 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mtaout21.012.net.il Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il (HELO mtaout21.012.net.il) (80.179.55.169) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:10:05 +0000 Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MXW00L00Y2XP400@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for gdb@sourceware.org; Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:10:03 +0200 (IST) Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MXW00L1VYKQLR70@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:10:03 +0200 (IST) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:10:00 -0000 From: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: [C++] System Requirements In-reply-to: To: Ben Longbons Cc: jan.kratochvil@redhat.com, gdb@sourceware.org Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii Message-id: <83wqj4d33e.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20131215153129.GA27931@host2.jankratochvil.net> X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2013-12/txt/msg00034.txt.bz2 > Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 09:04:09 -0800 > From: Ben Longbons > Cc: gdb@sourceware.org > > Personally, I don't get why people who are using long-term "stable" > releases expect to be able to use the latest and greatest version of > anything. If you only need to *use* gdb, you can just stick to older > versions (including 7.7) which are still fully-featured releases. Perhaps you never tried to use outdated versions of GDB too seriously for too long. GDB constantly gets more and more useful features and solves more and more bugs, so using an old version is a PITA. It's not like GDB development aims only at supporting newer compiler versions, you know. Just look at the commit logs, and you will see. > But you're saying you're using RHEL5 for your *development* ? I'm not > used to developers who can even stand not using the latest release. Get used to that. Not every developer can determine for herself what releases she will have installed. Life intervenes. > Regardless of where we set the bounds, do you agree to the *concept* > of having two different modes? I don't. There's no reason to have that, and it certainly adds to the overhead.