Re: [RFA] Resubmit, reverse debugging [0/5]

[Michael Snyder <msnyder at vmware dot com>]

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:40:53AM -0700, Michael Snyder wrote:
> > Has the discussion converged?
>
> I can't see that it has, but a discussion like this (especially one
> with a lot of "ok, I've changed that") is very hard to follow.
>
> The thing that makes me the most uncomfortable, and I think Pedro too,
> is the remote protocol changes.  Most other things are easy to fix
> later.  For instance, I think that assigning magic meaning to "E06" is
> a design mistake.

OK, I agree -- but it's in use, in the field.

Wouldn't the practice be to deprecate it, and announce
the intention of removing it at some future time, rather
than just suddenly take it away?

I realize that it's never been in the main branch, but
the folks who have it in the field (eg. Virtutech) are
not to blame for that.  They tried to submit their
changes over two years ago.

And if we're going to create a better mechanism,
and deprecate this one, could that not be done in
a later patch, rather than holding back this one
(which has been waiting now for over 2 years)?

Can we not expect to maintain and improve this
functionality better once it's actually in?