Re: Forgot to note

[Daniel Berlin <dberlin at redhat dot com>]

Michael Eager <eager@eagercon.com> writes:

> Stan Shebs wrote:
> > 
> > Even under an optimistic dwarf2 adoption scenario (dwarf2 still
> > hasn't been standardized for one thing, although it's getting
> > close), the stabs format is going to be with us for at least another
> > five years, so you should plan your hacking so that you can live with
> > the stabs reader for that long.
> 
> FYI, the current plan is to consider all of the proposals for 
> changes to Dwarf 2 by the end of this year and release a version
> of the revised standard for public review early in 2001.
> 
> My experience is the same as Stan's.  Old formats don't disappear,
> and they certainly don't disappear because someone says that they
> should.  Plan for a long End-Of-Life status.

Then, as i said, i'm really going to need some help doing this.
--Dan