Re: Which version of gdb supports gcc 3.0 ABI?

[Phil Edwards <pedwards at disaster dot jaj dot com>]

On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 04:14:56PM -0500, Daniel Berlin wrote:
> I also gave up trying to work on other non-C++ parts of gdb because
> approval takes forever. It completely removes all incentive i have to
> improve gdb when i can't get stuff committed, and have to spend months
> trying to get someone to approve it. I've thrown away non-C++ patches
> i worked on (like the dwarf2 stuff), because it's just not worth the
> aggravation of trying to get someone to look at it.

I agree with Benjamin here:  if they won't approve on a timely basis,
and won't give you maintainer authority, then fork and do it the Right Way.


> I've actually started rewriting gdb in C++, and whenever i get very
> frustrated at the way gdb is now, i work on it some more.

That's great.  Well, it's not great that you're frustrated, but that
you're rewriting it.  With years of stuff purged, someday I might be able
to understand the debugger.  :-)


Phil

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