[linuxtools-dev] Adding a extension point to Valgrind to change the loca

[Otávio Pontes <obusatto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
I'm working in a eclipse based sdk for users that has several versions 
of some programs used by the linux tools plugins in different paths.
So we need a way to let user select which path will be used to run 
valgrind, gprof, gcov and other tools.
Valgrind already has a support for changing the Valgrind location in 
Window->Preferences but we need a way to use different valgrinds in 
different projects.
I talked to Overholt and he suggested me to avoid adding more options to 
the user interface, so I coded a extension point in Valgrind plugin to 
let me change this path using an external plugin.
I intend to do something similar in other plugins and I want an opinion 
about that or a suggestion.
There is a bug opened reporting this problem 
(https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=353056). I attached a 
patch in the bugzilla and let it available at github 
(https://github.com/obusatto/linuxtools/commits/master).

Thanks,
Otavio Pontes