From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12151 invoked by alias); 28 Jan 2014 18:07:29 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 12142 invoked by uid 89); 28 Jan 2014 18:07:29 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: rock.gnat.com Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 18:07:28 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEF1B116562; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:07:26 -0500 (EST) 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 vGQShJQs4wm6; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:07:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4726D116530; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:07:26 -0500 (EST) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DE17CE05A2; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 22:07:22 +0400 (RET) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 18:07:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Ulrich Weigand Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: heads up: GDB 7.7 official release Wed Jan 29th (tomorrow) Message-ID: <20140128180722.GJ4101@adacore.com> References: <20140128023118.GC4101@adacore.com> <201401281749.s0SHn5dA019738@d06av02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201401281749.s0SHn5dA019738@d06av02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2014-01/txt/msg01017.txt.bz2 > I'm certainly aware that this comes in at a very late time, but > given the timing of when powerpc64le-linux support shows up in > the other parts of the core toolchain (binutils 2.24, gcc 4.9, > glibc 2.19) it would be really nice if GDB 7.7 also had support, > to complete the picture ... Outch. > On the other hand, it would certainly be preferable to allow for > at least a couple of days before checking the series in to give > people a chance to comment, so it seems unlikely this could be > in place in the branch by tomorrow. I don't know of any reason that would force us to release tomorrow. The last 2-3 weeks of pre-release testing having been fairly quiet, we had no real reason to wait either. > So I guess I'm wondering if you see workable options to still > get powerpc64le-linux support into a release in the near future ... > Maybe we could do a 7.7.1 ? I'm a bit uncomfortable including support for a new target like that without more testing, particularly since the changes affects files already in use by other ports. I had a quick look, and perhaps the changes can be reviewed well enough to convince ourselves that they are indeed safe enough for the branch. Here is what I propose: 1. We delay the release to Monday (Feb 3rd). 2. During that time frame, let's try to get the changes reviewed by at least one more GM - it might be me. It would be good to get a sense of when people think gcc-4.9 is going to come out. Last I looked, the branch hadn't been created yet. Perhaps, one option is to schedule 7.8 to coincide with gcc-4.9 (or slightly before, if we'd like to). Cheers, -- Joel