GDB Debugger Adds Support For Debuginfod Web Server

[phoronix]

Phoronix: GDB Debugger Adds Support For Debuginfod Web Server

Debuginfod is the Red Hat led debug information HTTP web server distributed as part of elfutils and able to supply on-demand source code and ELF/DWARF debug files to debuggers / IDEs / other compiler tooling. The GDB debugger can now tap debuginfod for on-demand source files and debug information that isn't present on the local system...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GDB-Debuginfod-Added

[zerodefect]

So is the idea/hope that each distribution will host its own server with pertinent debug files?

[fche]

So is the idea/hope that each distribution will host its own server with pertinent debug files?

That would be great, and not just distributions, but projects/forges that ship binaries too.
See also https://sourceware.org/elfutils/Debuginfod.html