From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bug Database? Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 23:07:46 +1300 Message-ID: <17719.20082.610297.834477@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <17717.20433.183356.106695@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17718.15996.727727.91417@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1161252967 12924 80.91.229.2 (19 Oct 2006 10:16:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:16:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 19 12:16:05 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GaUwJ-0007js-QB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:15:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GaUwI-0005YL-Rn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 06:15:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GaUrS-0007nL-8p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 06:10:50 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GaUrQ-0007kg-UH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 06:10:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GaUrQ-0007jb-Bv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 06:10:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [202.37.101.8] (helo=viper.snap.net.nz) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GaUrP-0001wx-Uy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 06:10:48 -0400 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (p202-124-124-218.snap.net.nz [202.124.124.218]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id C13717BC088; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 23:10:45 +1300 (NZDT) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 500) id 0EA86BE444; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 23:07:47 +1300 (NZDT) Original-To: Frank Schmitt In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.0.50.27 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:60918 Archived-At: > > It depends how you measure things. They have more people using a recent > > version of GDB and more people fixing bugs. There's a clear message: if > > you want it fixed for the next version then you may have to fix it > > yourself. > > Which results in the fact that gdb is since years completely unusable > for C++ programs relying on templated functions (so basically all C++ > programs which aren't just pimped C). We're moving a bit off-topic but I think refusing to release it until it worked well for templated functions etc would just mean it didn't get released at all. > So most C++ developers I know have switched to the "free as in free beer > but not free as in free software" debugger from Sun Studio which in > contrast to gdb works really well. People can choose not to fix GDB, it's a voluntary project. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob