From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24873 invoked by alias); 3 Jan 2013 17:02:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 24838 invoked by uid 22791); 3 Jan 2013 17:02:32 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_RCVD_UNTRUST,KHOP_SPAMHAUS_DROP,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:02:30 +0000 Received: from int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.25]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r03H2Mh7032268 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 3 Jan 2013 12:02:22 -0500 Received: from barimba (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r03H2LQ1032165 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Thu, 3 Jan 2013 12:02:21 -0500 From: Tom Tromey To: David Taylor Cc: binutils@sourceware.org, gcc@gcc.gnu.org, gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: stabs support in binutils, gcc, and gdb References: <12972.1357230104__33958.3243280233$1357230256$gmane$org@usendtaylorx2l> Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:02:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <12972.1357230104__33958.3243280233$1357230256$gmane$org@usendtaylorx2l> (David Taylor's message of "Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:21:44 -0500") Message-ID: <87hamy42ua.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.91 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain 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 X-SW-Source: 2013-01/txt/msg00012.txt.bz2 >>>>> "David" == David Taylor writes: David> It appears that STABS is largely in maintenance mode. Are there any David> plans to deprecate STABS support? If STABS enhancements were made and David> posted would they be frowned upon? Or would they be reviewed for David> possible inclusion in a future release? In gdb things are rarely pre-emptively deprecated like this. If someone wants to maintain the stabs code, then it will stay alive. The most important thing is having a reasonably responsive maintainer -- it is the un-maintained code that tends to slowly rot and then eventually be deleted. Tom