Re: RFC: branching for GDB 7.11 soon? (possibly Wed)

[Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>]

Hello everyone,

Once again, I am very grateful to everyone who is so responsive
in trying to help us create that branch!

Quick status update again, based on the latest feedback:

> > PR19506 Regression with gdb.Breakpoint("*<addr>")
> 
> This lead to a wider fix:
> [PATCH V2 0/4] Add support for "legacy" linespecs
> https://www.sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2016-02/msg00024.html

I took a look over the weekend, and it seems fairly unintrusive.
I propose we push it now. Otherwise, I think it's safe to create
the branch before pushing this patch, and backport afterwards.

> PR 19548 - breakpoint re-set inserts breakpoints when it shouldn't
> Pedro sent a patch:
> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2016-02/msg00014.html

Time to push?

> There is also a crash (regression):
> 
> PR 19546 - gdb crash calling exec in the inferior
> Initial guestimate from Pedro:
> | Looks like a regression of the explicit locations work.
> Still in Pedro's court, or could Keith help?

Looks like the fix is fairly straightforward.

> Sergio - would you be able to give us a rough description of how
> good the results are in the buildbots? Anything we should be
> aware of for this release? (Thanks!)

In terms of status:

- C++ build detected a build regression: Fixed, AFAIK.

- Some regressions in Ada due to a testsuite patch
  Worse case scenario, we could revert on the branch, if a simple
  fix is not available (I am confident, though).
  I can't see from the URLs provided what the error looks like,
  but it should only affect in-tree build & testing?

So, to summarize, given how easy it can be to break C++ building,
and looking at the issues we want to solve, I can propose the following
plan:

   1. Branch now, hold the pre-release;
   2. Fix the issues above still pending on both master + branch;
   3. Once the issues above are fixed on the branch, issue
      the first pre-release.

What do you guys think?

Thanks!
-- 
Joel