Re: [PATCH 00/19] libctf, and CTF support for objdump and readelf

[Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>]

Hi Nick,

  OK, so I am going to stop my review of this patch series until we have 
  some answers to a few high level questions/requirements.  Specifically:

  * Hosting

    Is the binutils project the right place for this code ?  As Joseph 
    has already mentioned libctf appears to use code from the elfutils 
    project, so maybe that would be a better home for libctf ?

  * Testing

    I did not see a testsuite for the library, nor any additions to
    the binutils testsuite for the extensions to objdump and readelf.
    I would not be comfortable adding such a large body of code to the
    project without some 

  * Documentation

    It would be really good to have the CTF format documented somewhere
    (semi) permanent and publicly accessible.  It would also be good if
    there was a libctf.texi document describing how consumers are expected
    to use the library, and, ideally, providing code examples.

  * Usefulness

    This may be a bit contentious - but is the CTF format actually being
    used anywhere, or likely to be used in the near future ?  If this is
    a project that is just going to be used by a small group, or even just
    a single company, then I am worried that the code will just bit rot 
    away and not be actively maintained.

Cheers
  Nick