From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gproxy1-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com (gproxy1-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com [69.89.25.95]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E02C33858C62 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2023 17:42:11 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org E02C33858C62 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=tromey.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=tromey.com Received: from cmgw10.mail.unifiedlayer.com (unknown [10.0.90.125]) by progateway3.mail.pro1.eigbox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 135FE1003F512 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2023 17:42:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from box5379.bluehost.com ([162.241.216.53]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id IYvSpPd9sFqSRIYvSpjmMC; Thu, 19 Jan 2023 17:42:11 +0000 X-Authority-Reason: nr=8 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=c6Ru/Txl c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=63c980f3 a=ApxJNpeYhEAb1aAlGBBbmA==:117 a=ApxJNpeYhEAb1aAlGBBbmA==:17 a=dLZJa+xiwSxG16/P+YVxDGlgEgI=:19 a=RvmDmJFTN0MA:10:nop_rcvd_month_year a=Qbun_eYptAEA:10:endurance_base64_authed_username_1 a=i7r3AiKCaXt6999Q-XAA:9 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tromey.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:MIME-Version:Message-Id:Date:Subject: Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=g9puM0eR+7NJaTRbRICXIDH4lw4E5dK6OvVnxE7LRPM=; b=v9B9oI7VxZ3is40kGGW4Gi2iIW TclRi1aMQtchhF24sNl5+aI1VZM9y+BSpDvEPyVz3nRk0+WsQLqXahUHHRjP+iBjippYiKQOjWgKC nJ5JuQVcG6RLkEXIqiCxKOprj; Received: from 97-122-76-186.hlrn.qwest.net ([97.122.76.186]:55346 helo=localhost.localdomain) by box5379.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.95) (envelope-from ) id 1pIYvS-003PtE-KM; Thu, 19 Jan 2023 10:42:10 -0700 From: Tom Tromey To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Cc: Tom Tromey Subject: [RFC] Deprecate stabs Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 10:41:56 -0700 Message-Id: <20230119174156.654402-1-tom@tromey.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.39.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - box5379.bluehost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - sourceware.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tromey.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 97.122.76.186 X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1pIYvS-003PtE-KM X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: 97-122-76-186.hlrn.qwest.net (localhost.localdomain) [97.122.76.186]:55346 X-Source-Auth: tom+tromey.com X-Email-Count: 2 X-Source-Cap: ZWx5bnJvYmk7ZWx5bnJvYmk7Ym94NTM3OS5ibHVlaG9zdC5jb20= X-Local-Domain: yes X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3027.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,GIT_PATCH_0,JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: I think it's time to deprecate stabs, and plan to remove all support for them. Stabs are long since obsolete and are not really maintained in gdb. GCC deprecated them in 12 and will remove them as well. --- gdb/NEWS | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS index c0aac212e30..317f6536bc0 100644 --- a/gdb/NEWS +++ b/gdb/NEWS @@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ * MI version 1 has been removed. +* Support for the stabs debugging format is deprecated, and it will be + removed in GDB 15. + * GDB has initial built-in support for the Debugger Adapter Protocol. This support requires that GDB be built with Python scripting enabled. -- 2.39.0