Re: insight bug

[Fernando Nasser <fnasser at cygnus dot com>]

Tom Tromey wrote:
> 
> Here's an insight bug: if I introduce a Tcl bug into the insight
> startup process, I get a blank window but nothing else.  It would be
> nice if Insight fully died and printed the Tcl stack trace to stderr.
> 

It would be nice (at least when it is started from a console).

> Is there an Insight Gnats database?  Does it share the gdb Gnats
> database?  If so, should I report bugs there?  If not, do we want a
> Gnats database?  I can make one with little trouble.
> 

Yes.  Just follow the Insight link in sources.redhat.com  and go to
the Bugs section.

> My feeling is that it would be best to use the gdb database if the gdb
> maintainers are willing.  Whether or not they will be, I don't know.
> 
> [ Ok, I looked, and the gdb Gnats database only has a single "gdb"
> category.  So I guess Insight doesn't use it.  Should someone ask the
> gdb maintainers if we can make an insight category?  I can do the work
> once I have the authorization... ]
> 

We do have it.  There are about 60 bugs reported, many of them already
closed.  

I work on answer the PR whenever I can (I was always from Insight work these
last three weeks, but I expect to be back into it as of this Wednesday).




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