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Re: [doc] NEWS: QCatchSyscalls: simplify
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, philippe dot waroquiers at skynet dot be, sergiodj at redhat dot com, palves at redhat dot com, xdje42 at gmail dot com, scox at redhat dot com, jistone at redhat dot com
- Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 21:18:13 +0300
- Subject: Re: [doc] NEWS: QCatchSyscalls: simplify
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- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 19:50:32 +0200
> From: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be,
> sergiodj@redhat.com, palves@redhat.com, xdje42@gmail.com,
> scox@redhat.com, jistone@redhat.com
>
> On Sun, 29 May 2016 19:29:19 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Is it really that bad? I generally tend to let people say things in
> > their own words, as long as it's readable. But if you insist...
>
> That :1 and :0 was confusing to me as it is very different from all the other
> remote packets announced in the NEWS file, therefore I was looking at the
> protocol how is this packet special. How can be ':' a part of the packet name
> when ':' is a parameter delimiter? And I haven't found anything special on
> this packet.
>
> Similarly the qSupported looked special to me and again it does not seem to be
> anyhow special. Even "N stop reply" announced right above uses the standard
> template.
>
> Besides that all IMO one of the purposes of the NEWS file is to be brief.
>
> Sure I do not mind but I was reviewing a derived downstream documentation and
> I just found it.
If you feel strongly about this, please go ahead and commit.
Thanks.