From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gnu.wildebeest.org (gnu.wildebeest.org [45.83.234.184]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58B3B3858D32 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2023 12:53:30 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 58B3B3858D32 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=klomp.org Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=klomp.org Received: by gnu.wildebeest.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 85D0230067DA; Sun, 12 Feb 2023 13:53:29 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2023 13:53:29 +0100 From: Mark Wielaard To: Tom Tromey Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Deprecate stabs Message-ID: <20230212125329.GI2430@gnu.wildebeest.org> References: <20230119174156.654402-1-tom@tromey.com> <83r0vqo15g.fsf@gnu.org> <83y1pxmi7b.fsf@gnu.org> <87a61lgcor.fsf@tromey.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87a61lgcor.fsf@tromey.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3031.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: Hi Tom, On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 07:26:12PM -0700, Tom Tromey wrote: > Finally, deprecation serves the purpose of announcing our intent. Maybe > someone will step up to maintain this code, in which case we can keep > it. In this scenario, I would be ok with treating it like the > un-maintained *-nat code -- we'll try to keep it building but testing > and fixing it is up to the maintainer. > > If/when this goes in, I'll send a deprecation announcement to the gdb > list, in case there is some such person who can be flushed out of the > cobwebs. I like this approach. It would be good to announce this asap, so people who do actually use stabs and care about improving, testing and maintaining support can step up. And if nobody does then the code can be removed totally unused/unmaintained in the next release. Thanks, Mark