Re: Release 2.24

Joel Brobecker
2013-12-07T03:37:24Z

[I removed binutils]

> I have committed the change now, thanks for your help with getting it
> done. You have previously requested a small description of the change for
> the purpose of making a release announcement -- please let me know if the
> commit message is enough for your needs or whether you'd prefer something
> more elaborate.

For one item, I could do it myself. But generally speaking, it helps me
if the committer also adds an entry in the GDB release wiki page:
https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/GDB_7.6_Release

You'll need a PR first, and then a reference to that PR in the wiki
page. I know it's a bit of a pain, but it saves me a ton of time
during the minor releases, because I can just copy/paste the page
and put it in the announcement. Before we started doing that, I was
going through the entire list of commits, trying to write a small
description of the effect of each commit. Some times, I wasn't quite
sure whether my description was completely accurate... With this system,
it's fast for me, and accurate for the users.

The good news is, once we have the entry, I think I can produce
the release Mon or Tue.

Thank you,
--
Joel