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Re: google summer of code
- From: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman at br dot ibm dot com>
- To: teawater <teawater at gmail dot com>
- Cc: gdb ml <gdb at sourceware dot org>, Jakob Engblom <jakob at virtutech dot com>, Michael Snyder <msnyder at vmware dot com>
- Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:27:26 -0300
- Subject: Re: google summer of code
- References: <1235658320.5890.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> <daef60380902261827s7060f026rc84bbe0e0ee43567@mail.gmail.com>
Hi teawater,
El vie, 27-02-2009 a las 10:27 +0800, teawater escribiÃ:
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 22:25, Thiago Jung Bauermann
> <bauerman@br.ibm.com> wrote:
> > Some that may be worth considering for this:
> >
> > 1. Help with Python scripting support;
>
> It must can make a lot of people interested in. When I told about gdb
> in some place, must have a lot of people ask me if gdb support python
> or not. :)
That's awesome!
> > 2. Help with reversible debugging (not sure if teawater and Michael need
> > a helping hand there);
>
> I am not very clear the GSOC want student get .
> But maybe we can let these students do some test with reverse debug
> and precord, of course write some testsuite is better. :)
> They can not only test reverse debug with precord, but also test
> reverse debug with some remote-stub that support reverse-debug (For
> example, vmware and Simics. Maybe we need help from Jakob and
> Michael.)
> I think it will help gdb reverse debug very much. :)
So if I understood what you said, you think a GSoC student could write
testcases for the reversible debugging feature? Would you (or Michael
Snyder, perhaps) be willing to mentor someone working on this activity?
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Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center