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[dsdp-pmc] TCF agent for windows: "works with" dependency for dbghelp.dll
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Dear PMC,
dbghelp.dll is a part of
Microsoft Windows, but the version that's on the OS out of the box is buggy. For
the debugger to work properly at runtime, users need to go to microsoft and
download the newer version (for free). The DLL is marked as "redistributable",
but none the less the Eclipse Legal Team has found sections in the license that
prohibit us from redistributing it directly with the Eclipse.org downloads (see
CQ 2553 [1]).
Thus we request now to document it as 3rd party dependency, which basically
means that products that want to use the TCF exemplary windows agent would have
to bundle the microsoft dbghelp.dll.
Since the dbghelp.dll
that we need is just a version update, the TCF agent can build without the external download, it
can even run without the external download (though crippled), and on platforms
other than Windows the download certainly isn't needed. I think that
this clearly qualifies the dbghelp.dll as a "works-with"
dependency.
As per the 3rd party
dependencies process, the DSDP PMC now needs to discuss this publicly and agree
that it is indeed a "works-with" dependency. Please read the
process [1] for more information about how "works-with" is defined, then
respond here on the mailing list with your +1 or -1 or comments or
questions.
Thanks,
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Martin Oberhuber, Senior Member of Technical
Staff, Wind River
Target Management Project
Lead, DSDP PMC Member
