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Re: [linuxtools-dev] Changing the PATH for execution of linuxtools commands
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Overholt [mailto:overholt@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 3:23 PM
> To: Marc Khouzam
> Cc: 'Linux Tools developer discussions'
> Subject: Re: [linuxtools-dev] Changing the PATH for execution
> of linuxtools commands
>
> * Marc Khouzam <marc.khouzam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [2011-09-30 15:10]:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: linuxtools-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:linuxtools-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > > Andrew Overholt
> > > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 3:03 PM
> > > To: Linux Tools developer discussions
> > > Subject: Re: [linuxtools-dev] Changing the PATH for execution
> > > of linuxtools commands
> > >
> > > * Marc Khouzam <marc.khouzam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [2011-09-30 14:44]:
> > > > [...] we have a UI box in the launch configuration dialog that
> > > > defaults to 'gdb' but that the user can change to the location
> > > > she needs e.g., /home/user/bin/myOlderGDB
> > > >
> > > > I'm curious to know if this is something you considered?
> > >
> > > I'm not particularly involved in this PATH effort so take
> my comments
> > > with a grain of salt but I personally dislike this type
> of unnecessary
> > > UI cruft. I would much prefer to support this case of vendor
> > > tool SDKs
> > > through an extension point or some other non-UI mechanism
> if possible.
> >
> > Yes, for vendor it makes sense to hide it under the hood,
> but I believe
> > this issue was a user problem, where the user herself
> wanted to choose
> > different versions at different times.
>
> Is this that common?
I'll let Otavio or Corey answer this one, as they brought up the issue.
> I can see how it would be for gdb where there is
> lots of progress and people have multiple versions installed. But for
> relatively standard tools where the plugin integration isn't changing
> too much, I'd rather take minimalist approach. The Eclipse
> preferences situation is out of hand and so is the CDT project settings UI (IMHO).
Yes, I have to agree :-(
I just thought a project preference may be a bit obscure.
But I was asking out of curiousity more than anything else.
Marc
