Re: GDB/MI snapshots between major release's

["Eli Zaretskii" <eliz at gnu dot org>]

> Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 11:58:05 -0400
> From: Bob Rossi <bob@brasko.net>
> Cc: eliz@gnu.org, gdb@sources.redhat.com
> 
> OK, this is good news. So basically, even thought the MI version is
> bumped it is still not official. Meaning, at that point, if I updated my
> front end to be compatible with the new MI protocol version, there could
> still be another incompatible change before the release. Meaning, I
> would have to wait for the release to get the use out of that new
> version. This is OK with me as long as,
> 
>    - I can have the --mi-protocols command line switch that tells me 
>    what version of GDB/MI protocol is officially supported.
> 
>    - This command line switch only has MI protocols added to it when the 
>    MI protocols become official ( for a release )

We could do that, but I still think an MI command is a better vehicle
for such a feature.

> Is this your view or the view of GDB/MI's maintainers also?

I'm not an MI maintainer, but I fully agree with Mark, FWIW.