RE: Do we still support DICOS?

Hi

I don't know what it would mean to have a maintaner, or how that works in general, but you can contact me with any issues regarding the port.

BR,
Samu Fekete
Ericsson

-----Original Message-----
From: Luis Machado <[email protected]> 
Sent: Monday, June 2, 2025 9:32 AM
To: Balázs Samu Fekete <[email protected]>; László Benedek <[email protected]>; Simon Marchi <[email protected]>; Luis Machado <[email protected]>; [email protected]
Subject: Re: Do we still support DICOS?

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Hi,

On 6/2/25 07:57, Balázs Samu Fekete via Gdb wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I can confirm, the Dicos product is stilll active, and we are still relying on the GDB support.

Do we have a maintainer to step up and address conflicts when they arise, or clarify which parts of the port are still useful etc?

>
> Thanks and best regards,
> Samu Fekete
> Ericsson
>
> From: László Benedek <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, June 2, 2025 8:47 AM
> To: Balázs Samu Fekete <[email protected]>; Simon Marchi 
> <[email protected]>; Luis Machado <[email protected]>; 
> [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Do we still support DICOS?
>
> Hi,
>
> The Dicos product is still active but I am not longer associated with it. Let me forward this to someone (@Balázs Samu Fekete<mailto:[email protected]>) more knowledgeable.
>
> Best regards,
> Laszlo Benedek
> Ericsson
>
> ________________________________
> From: Simon Marchi 
> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2025 11:05 PM
> To: Luis Machado 
> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; László 
> Benedek 
> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; 
> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 
> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
> Subject: Re: Do we still support DICOS?
>
> On 2020-12-11 09:25, Luis Machado wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 12/11/20 6:34 AM, László Benedek wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am an Ericsson engineer working on a product that is the next version in the evolution of Dicos. This GDB support is still actively used in our products in Ericsson.
>>> If it is possible please do not remove it from GDB.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Laszlo Benedek
>>> Ericsson
>>>
>>> p.s.: I am not a subscriber on the gdb mail list, I was notified about this discussion. If you'd like to answer please cc me directly.
>>
>> Thanks for the update.
>>
>> It would be nice to have someone step up and be a maintainer of the "port" then, otherwise I think this question will be raised again in a couple years.
>>
>> If we have a name we can get in touch with, it makes it easier for us to verify the status of the code and prevent unwanted removals.
>
> Hi László,
>
> I stumbled on Dicos today, as I was working on a feature, so I thought 
> I'd do a check-in with you.  Can you confirm that the Dicos port is 
> still used?  Also, do you guys really use upstream GDB for this, not 
> an ancient version?  Given that there was no updates regarding Dicos 
> in many many years, I would actually be a bit surprised if the port 
> hadn't bit-rotten a little bit.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Simon