duplicated code in gdb and gdbserver

[Frank Ch. Eigler]

Hi, Doug -

dje wrote:

> [...] I think the remote protocol itself is getting old.  In days of
> multiple threads, inferiors, and architectures, plus an expanding
> feature set, ISTM IWBN to start over.  [...]

Do you believe there might come to be a concensus on this point in the
forseeable future?

(Questions I'd start with: Forgiving old age, what actual shortcomings
are known?  Are they beyond the remote packet-extension mechanisms?
Is there another suitable existing protocol?  Is there a champion
really interested in designing / implementing such a thing?)

- FChE