Re: Is the project still alive ?

Fernando Nasser <[email protected]> Thu, 04 Sep 2014 08:39:31 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.debugging.insight
Message-ID <[email protected]>
+1

Insight deserves more attention.  I wish I could dedicate more time to 
it but my current job position is not allowing for it.

We need some new volunteers to help keeping up with gdb releases, fixing 
bugs and adding missing features.

Fernando


On 2014-09-04, 1:54 AM, Pavel Fedin wrote:
>   Hello!
>
>> The question is motivated by:
>>
>> - No stable release for 5 years.
>> - Sources not yet migrated to git: repository exists but is empty.
>> - Bundles are frozen.
>> - No commit for 5 month.
>> - Does not work with itcl/itk 4.
>> - VERY low mailing list activity.
>   Let me say my voice.
>   I tried to take a look at several GDB GUIs. Actually, Insight has one
> strong point, which no replacement offers. It very well supports
> cross-development and remote debugging. I would say it was created for this
> purpose. Yes, its GUI lacks some functions, like listing shared libraries,
> and it is a bit buggy, but it also has console window, which perfectly
> fulfills everything. This means i can combine the power of both GUI and
> command line - the code and registers are always at my eyes, but i can also
> do sophisticated things via command line.
>   I would say that Insight definitely does not deserve being forgotten. And i
> don't like Eclipse because Java is slow and memory-hungry.
>   Personally i use Insight on Cygwin for some debugging and core dump
> analysis and it works pretty well.
>
> Kind regards,
> Pavel Fedin
> Expert Engineer
> Samsung Electronics Research center Russia
>
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