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Re: GDB is the GNU project's native debugger
- From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Ian Lance Taylor <ian at wasabisystems dot com>
- Cc: cagney at gnu dot org, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:08:34 +0200
- Subject: Re: GDB is the GNU project's native debugger
- References: <419A2E2F.5010602@gnu.org> <m3y8h1snmn.fsf@gossamer.airs.com>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian@wasabisystems.com>
> Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com
> Date: 16 Nov 2004 12:35:28 -0500
>
> For example, it would be easy to use this statement as the motivation
> for removing features required for using gdb for embedded systems, or
> on Windows. I don't think that would be appropriate.
>
> If you want to state that, where there is a direct and immediate
> conflict between the needs of GNU systems and the needs of other
> systems, the needs of the GNU systems take priority, I could support
> that.
>
> If you want to state that this applies to considerations of resources,
> and of which parts of gdb to mark obsolescent, I could not support
> that.
I agree with Ian 100%, on all 3 accounts.