time to start thinking about GDB 7.3 (as well!)

Joel Brobecker
2011-02-14T14:50:24Z

According to the tentative calendar, it's also time to start thinking
about the GDB 7.3 release process. Normally, we were planning on
branching next week.

Judging from the entries in the NEWS file, I think we have enough
material to make a new release. However, I also believe that the
same issues that we identified as a blocker for 7.2.1 are also
relevant for 7.3.

There is a Wiki page for the 7.3 release:
http://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/GDB_7.3_Release

Can we start putting entries for things we know need to be fixed
before branching/release?

We should also discuss features that we think would be worthwhile
waiting for. Some Python work being finished, for instance, which
might nicely complements some of the new enhancements we got?
Tracepoints? gdbserver work? Etc.

What I propose is to produce 7.2.1 as soon as the blocking issues
are fixed. We might also be creating the 7.3 branch pretty much
at the same time, which means that 7.3 might be coming shortly
after 7.2.1, but I think that's OK. I'd rather not have a 7.2.1
if that means artificially delaying 7.3 - but I don't a problem
with producing both.

--
Joel