From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from simark.ca (simark.ca [158.69.221.121]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7AE613857B93 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:55:50 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 7AE613857B93 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=simark.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=simark.ca DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=simark.ca; s=mail; t=1695822949; bh=QyoSFBvntogIfcAMUm5+KJTEmuEvW5zVdmwMcWyNHSU=; h=Date:Subject:To:References:From:In-Reply-To:From; b=OMl+EAzQp4rQhHpQljQGJ08fPrJMIT1hu+jWFFKoLP94dsXFhM09REtlQ5N9zPNd6 S8jeH6npOHrVooNB0RB4+dC4GvLRDPY22+wlAHgbS206eJuB4qxKtrcyuEAFAvqLSQ Jk7ZBLHfU/++WF7K6rP0FZ1XoTrOp5JR7H+ZdMpg= Received: from [10.0.0.170] (modemcable238.237-201-24.mc.videotron.ca [24.201.237.238]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by simark.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D4CCA1E092; Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:55:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:55:49 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: GDB BoF notes - GNU Cauldron 2023 To: Pedro Alves , gdb@sourceware.org References: <1e26c71e-e242-de11-a687-46e05586e608@palves.net> Content-Language: fr From: Simon Marchi In-Reply-To: <1e26c71e-e242-de11-a687-46e05586e608@palves.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,SPF_HELO_PASS,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: On 9/27/23 08:41, Pedro Alves wrote: > Hi all, > > We had a GDB BoF at the GNU Cauldron this past weekend, like in > previous years. > > I was positively surprised with the attendance and the engagement. > Thanks all! > > I took notes live while we were discussing. Thanks to Mark Wielaard > for letting me use this computer. :-) > > Below's an edited version of the notes, with some more details filled > in. Thanks a lot for taking notes! > =========== GDB BoF / GNU Cauldron 2023 =============== > > - Testsuite and CI discussion > > With either Linaro's CI and the sourceware.org buildbot, pre-commit, > post-commit, should breakages result in emails to mailing list? > > Are post-commit breakage emails sent to git author only? Should go > to git committer as well, for e.g., the scenario of a maintainer > applying a non-maintainer's patch. AI: Talk with Maxim Kuvyrkov > about it. > > Be mindful of overwhelming gdb-testers traffic. Counter argument > raised -- list is also used as results archive. If we decide not to send the breakage emails to gdb-patches, could we have a list we can subscribe to, to receive breakage emails? > - Revisiting defaults > > - Can we turn history saving on by default? Maybe default to > history on home dir by default, too (~/.gdb_history). That would > align us with bash. Some in the room have had this enabled in > their gdbinits for so long they no longer remembered this wasn't > on by default. Others weren't even aware you can turn this on. > > - Can we disable pagination by default? Surprisingly, no one in the > room expressed that they like pagination on. Sevearl people > mentioned that they have it off by default, and then use either > the terminal scroll function, or: > > "(gdb) pipe GDB_COMMAND | less" > > when necessary. I would be happy for these two changes to defaults to be made. Simon