tracking issue: 0.2 release (stable)

[d-e-s-o]

Tracking issue for the release of version 0.2: the first stable 0.2 version. I see two things lacking:

• split DWARF support (Support split debug information #60)
  • one thing to consider here, that would be breaking, is making DWARF a dedicated first-class symbol source (similar to Elf and Gsym)
• support for advanced symbolization use cases (currently being prototyped in Programmable dispatch for container sources #634)
  • I'd also think we should strongly consider implementing debuginfod support (Support debuginfod #203), as such support could represent a very convincing building block for others
• do we need an ElfData symbol source, similar to the existing GsymData?

At this point it's not clear whether *1 or *2 requires any backwards compatibility breaking changes, so neither may end up being a blocker, but we need clarity on this front first. And, perhaps, even if those changes are not breaking, we may still want to consider them blockers to have a fully-featured API to show for.

For item *2 we will have said clarity once the prototype is extended to support process symbolization programmable dispatch. For *1, we need to work on a prototype first that illustrates API requirements.

[d-e-s-o]

• do we need an ElfData symbol source, similar to the existing GsymData?

I think we may want that eventually, but didn't include that in #634. Let's wait for an actual use case for this. Until then, I consider this a non-issue.