From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 93-97-173-237.zone5.bethere.co.uk ([93.97.173.237] helo=tim.rpsys.net) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RiqOS-00068v-BH for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:42:20 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tim.rpsys.net (8.13.6/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q05GYwAe006715 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 16:34:58 GMT Received: from tim.rpsys.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tim.rpsys.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 05894-10 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 16:34:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [192.168.3.10] ([192.168.3.10]) (authenticated bits=0) by tim.rpsys.net (8.13.6/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q05GYoNd006709 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 16:34:51 GMT Message-ID: <1325781290.20759.72.camel@ted> From: Richard Purdie To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:34:50 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20120104172828.GA32676@sakrah.homelinux.org> References: <1324044340-21898-1-git-send-email-eric@eukrea.com> <4EF19E06.6030004@eukrea.com> <4EF266E0.8040302@eukrea.com> <20120104172828.GA32676@sakrah.homelinux.org> X-Mailer: Evolution 3.2.2- Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at rpsys.net Subject: Re: [PATCH] gdb-cross-canadian: build gdb with python support X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:42:20 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 09:28 -0800, Khem Raj wrote: > On (21/12/11 23:52), Zhang, Jessica wrote: > > Hi Eric, > > > > Yes, understand the usage and advantage, but still think apply the patch in meta-oe first then if later on there's strong demand for this feature we can pull into oe-core is the right approach. > > > > what are your reasons for it to not be in oe-core/master ? > python support is useful in gdb even on commandline > Or are you aware of any bugs that will destabilize gdb ? I think there are going to be two groups of people on this, the people who want it and the people who don't. How about a PACKAGECONFIG option for this? I suspect over time the request will come in for gdb itself too which is why I'm thinking ahead to that... Cheers, Richard