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Re: [5.1/rfc] Obsolete MPW host


Did I reply to this?

> I'm a bit worried by this removal of support for systems which are
> deemed old/unmaintained/whatever, although I understand how leaving
> them in the code base could hamper development.  However, imagine
> someone who just happens to need a working GDB version on one of these
> platforms--it could be next to impossible getting there, and the
> better job we do at cleanup, the harder it will be.

The old files and configurations are available in either CVS, or, for 
for the really old stuff, in the GDB archives (on the FTP site).


> So how about adding to the distribution a file that would list, for
> each platform whose support was discontinued, the last GDB version
> that was known to build and work on that platform?  This would at
> least allow people to fetch such an old version, build it, use it, and
> maybe retrofit that support into the current sources using the old
> version as the base

Hopefully people can figure this out from the NEWS file.  Each 
target/system should have an entry recording when it was added and when 
it was deleted (a few don't though).

	Andrew



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