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Re: [patch#2 3/6] set auto-load local-gdbinit warn-and-*


> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:57:50 -0700
> From: Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> 
> Deprecating .gdbinit files requires a NEWS entry.
> [But maybe that's in a later patch.]
> 
> And are we *really* sure we want to deprecate them?

Looks like we are.  FWIW, I would suggest polling at least some of the
projects that provide .gdbinit as part of their distribution.  Even if
there's only one such project (Emacs), its developers should be
polled, IMO, before making this move.


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