From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16481 invoked by alias); 9 Aug 2013 18:16:05 -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 16425 invoked by uid 89); 9 Aug 2013 18:16:03 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_W,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_WL,RDNS_NONE,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.1 Received: from Unknown (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 18:16:02 +0000 Received: from int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.24]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r79IFp43025476 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 9 Aug 2013 14:15:51 -0400 Received: from barimba (ovpn-113-157.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.157]) by int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r79IFmhY003226 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 9 Aug 2013 14:15:49 -0400 From: Tom Tromey To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: John Gilmore , yao@codesourcery.com, stanshebs@earthlink.net, gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: A new strategy for internals documentation References: <5201781A.3000607@earthlink.net> <83k3jyunt8.fsf@gnu.org> <52031434.2080005@codesourcery.com> <83k3jwt7in.fsf@gnu.org> <201308090129.r791Tw6a016114@new.toad.com> <83txizrz91.fsf@gnu.org> Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 18:16:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <83txizrz91.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:26:34 +0300") Message-ID: <8761vevigb.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2013-08/txt/msg00051.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii writes: Eli> Once again, the main problem (and some will say it's not a problem at Eli> all) is that the majority of GDB developers don't see any need in this Eli> manual's existence, or in any documentation of the internals besides Eli> what's in the comments. I just don't think this is true. I don't know of anybody who believes this. The disagreement, I think, is about the best way to achieve the goal. Tom