Re: gdb-7.8 branching status (2014-06-04)

Doug Evans
2014-06-05T17:26:37Z

On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> wrote:
>> > . PR 16253-induced performance regression
>> > So far, I only heard from Doug who thinks the best option
>> > at this point is to temporarily revert the offending patch.
>> > It would be nice to hear from Keith as well, JIC.
>>
>> I agree. In fact, I think I mentioned this several days ago on IRC.
>> The bug isn't particularly nasty/common/important to block a
>> release. Users have had to deal with it for some time, a little
>> while longer won't hurt.
>>
>> I can provide a patch to revert it from either HEAD or the 7.8
>> branch. Just let me know which you'd prefer. [That is, if Doug
>> hasn't already done so or is working on it, but I know he's very,
>> very busy at the moment.]
>
> Thanks, Keith. Doug was only suggesting the revert, so did not offer
> to do the revert. Would you mind doing it?

That'd be awesome. Thanks!