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Re: Likely obsolete pieces of GDB
- From: Mark Kettenis <mark dot kettenis at xs4all dot nl>
- To: drow at false dot org
- Cc: gdb at sourceware dot org, dave dot anglin at nrc-cnrc dot gc dot ca, brobecker at adacore dot com
- Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 17:58:23 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: Re: Likely obsolete pieces of GDB
- References: <20061216205923.GA21428@nevyn.them.org> <20070101164622.GC13802@nevyn.them.org>
> Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 11:46:22 -0500
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
>
> That leaves the items below. I propose that, when we've agreed on this
> list, we (A) send the list to gdb-announce, (B) wait a few weeks for
> feedback, and then (C) delete the files. At the same time, for removed
> configurations we can add a blurb in configure which recognizes the
> removed configurations and informs the user that support was removed.
>
> That's a pretty aggressive removal schedule, I realize. If folks are
> uncomfortable with it, speak up, and we can come up with something
> slower. But I don't want to invest too much time in issuing warnings
> for code that we're pretty sure no one uses any more.
I'm completely behind this proposal.