Re: getaddrinfo available on all GDB hosts? [Re: [PATCH v2] Add IPv6 support for remote TCP connections]

Stan Shebs
2014-02-11T20:33:57Z

On 2/11/14 12:04 PM, Jan Kratochvil wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 04:41:57 +0100, Joel Brobecker wrote:
>> We should probably send an announcement if we ever implement a change
>> we know might be breaking some platforms, though.
>
> What do you mean by "an announcement"? gdb-announce maling list (ml)?
> gdb ml? gdb-patches ml? gdb/NEWS entry?
>
> This mail thread you do not seem to consider a good enough announcement for
> host maintainer.

I would say gdb/NEWS, so downstream tarball users get a heads-up before
a build fails and they start deluging bugzilla with reports.

Stan
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