From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14199 invoked by alias); 14 Mar 2012 17:42:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 14188 invoked by uid 22791); 14 Mar 2012 17:42:04 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,TW_BT,TW_DB,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; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:41:44 +0000 Received: from int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q2EHfWlv001778 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:41:32 -0400 Received: from valrhona.uglyboxes.com (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q2EHfTiL003213 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:41:31 -0400 Message-ID: <4F60D849.3060102@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:42:00 -0000 From: Keith Seitz User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111222 Thunderbird/9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Roland Schwingel CC: insight@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Patches for insight to work native on 64bit windows References: <4F608583.2000809@onevision.com> In-Reply-To: <4F608583.2000809@onevision.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact insight-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: insight-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2012-q1/txt/msg00021.txt.bz2 On 03/14/2012 04:48 AM, Roland Schwingel wrote: > Some days ago I wrote that I am working myself on an insight version for > windows native 64bit (mingw-w64). I am quite far with it. It runs quite > fine here (both using gdb 7.4 and gdb head). I would like to send my > patches. That is excellent news. I haven't had much luck with Cygwin at all lately, and I *really* wanted to get Linux, MinGW, and Cygwin working "well" for a release. Alas, I have been swamped lately. > For my personal version I am using tcl/tk 8.6 beta taken out of the > fossil repos from core.tcl.tk (with some small windows specific > changes). Insight still uses the tcl/tk 8.4 checked in the > sourceware.org repos. In my eyes there is no way using tcl/tk 8.4 for > windows 64bit. IMHO should the decision be taken to also update the > version insight comes with to a more modern version. This is an area I'd like to see change. I know that I have *not* used the repo-supplied Tcl/Tk/itcl/iwidgets for well over two years. Instead I use the system-supplied RPMs (Fedora 15). But I'll bet that for Cygwin (and probably MinGW, too), we'll have to keep using the in-repo version. > gdbtk: > Mainly get rid of very long time deprecated tcl api which is no longer > present in 8.6 plus some 64bit windows changes and a small needed bugfix > in global preferences dialog. Sounds good. > libgui: > libgui hasn't seen any love for a very long time. I tried to keep my > changes as minimal as possible, but to get it compiled for a 64bit > windows and against newer tcl/tk required some changes. Yeah, this stuff is way out of date, and to be honest, I'm not really sure how much of it is used nowadays anyway. I few bits and pieces, I'm sure (preferences, the tktable widget, one or two other bits). Since I seldom (if ever) use windows, I am forced to rely on feedback/help from actual users. > iwidgets: > Need to be updated to version 4.0.2 (from 4.0.1) to work with tcl/tk 8.5 > and up. I did (yet) not make any private changes here. I have been using 4.0.2 locally (again, on Fedora), so that should not be a problem. > itcl: > I updated to version 3.4.1. The old 3.3 does not work well with newer > tcl/tk versions. I took the itcl initscript (with small changes) from > itcl4 so it works also with newer tcl/tk. Indeed. I've been using 3.4.7. All this speaks to a bigger question: would it be possible to release system-supplied versions of tcl, tk, itcl, itk, and iwidgets for Cygwin? I'm not sure how Chris, Corinna, et al would feel about this, though. I don't know who would offer to maintain those packages. > Now I am revisiting all my patches and want to send them the next days. > I think I will start with gdbtk and libgui. I will try to group them in > logical portions. > > Any suggestions/objections? Absolutely no objections. Send your patches along. [As I mention in response to your other message, I may have to ask for an assignment form. Unfortunately, despite my efforts through the years, I cannot seem to get the FSF and Red Hat to agree to assigning ownership of gdb/gdbtk and libgui to the FSF, so I need an assignment similar to what is used for Cygwin contributions. Email me off-list and I can send you the form.] Keith