From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18516 invoked by alias); 11 Jun 2012 14:58:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 18508 invoked by uid 22791); 11 Jun 2012 14:58:29 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_NO X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:58:16 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A030D1C7149; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:58:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id aNfD8+990+4l; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:58:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B71391C6F02; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:58:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1A07C145616; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:58:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:58:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" Cc: Jan Kratochvil , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Three weeks to branching (gdb 7.5 release) Message-ID: <20120611145805.GG2687@adacore.com> References: <20120511181737.GP29339@adacore.com> <20120529171658.GA11359@host2.jankratochvil.net> <20120530220433.GR5492@adacore.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2012-06/txt/msg00282.txt.bz2 > Ouch, that's a tad inconvenient to me, I had hoped for the branch to have > been made so that the MIPS changes I'm working on right now can be safely > applied to trunk without the risk of disturbing the upcoming release. > That includes the floating-point changes currently on my plate -- these > already published and some more stuff still ongoing. Plus the ISA bit > discussion. Understood. > I do understand the importance of the issues concerned by Jan of course, > but I also feel like deferring the MIPS stuff for a month and likely more > is going to get me distracted too much by something else, Yeah, if the branch continues to be delayed much, we should go ahead with your changes, and adjust if some regressions are found. > so given the circumstances may I kindly ask people to have a look into > my proposal and request for discussion about the generic parts of the > ISA bit changes as posted here: > > http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2012-05/msg00515.html I will try myself, but may not be the best reviewer. -- Joel