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Proposal: obsolete target hppa*-hp-hpux10.*
- From: mec dot gnu at mindspring dot com (Michael Elizabeth Chastain)
- To: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Cc: brobecker at act-europe dot fr, dave at hiauly1 dot hia dot nrc dot ca
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 21:50:31 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Proposal: obsolete target hppa*-hp-hpux10.*
I propose to obsolete this target in gdb 6.1 and remove it in gdb 6.2:
hppa*-hp-hpux10.*
This does not include hppa*-hp-hpux11.*, which has active development.
Reasons for removing this configuration:
. gdb 6.0 does not build on this configuration.
http://sources.redhat.com/gdb/bugs/1411
Build of gdb-6.0 on hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20 fails
This is a different build failure than the build failures
with hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.11.
. there is no development activity for this target
. there is no QA activity for this target
. HP's test drive cluster does not include an hp-ux 10.* machine
. HP has discontinued and obsoleted hp-ux 10.*
http://h21007.www2.hp.com/dspp/tech/tech_TechDocumentDetailPage_IDX/1,1701,5143,00.html
frequently asked questions -- hp-ux
2002-06-30 hp-ux 10.20 removed from corporate price list
2003-06-30 hp-ux 10.20 product support no longer available from HP
Reasons for keeping this configuration:
. Someone (me) is actively working on native hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.11.
If gdb works on hpux 11.11, the incremental effort for development
and QA of hpux 10.20 is not as big.
. There is at least one user (Dave A), which means that there are
probably more users.
Philosophically, I see the issue as priorities. It takes work to
maintain and QA gdb on hpux 10.20. It takes work even if gdb on hpux
11.11 is already working. I would rather spend my attention somewhere
else, and so would everybody else in the world, judging by the level of
activity.
Comments?
Michael C