Re: time to create the GDB 8.1.x branch?

[Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>]

> Looks I overestimated the period after branch cut and release.  I
> thought it is about 4 ~ 5 weeks, so I thought 4 weeks from now on,
> kernel patches *may* be merged, and GDB is not released yet, so I can
> squeeze these gdb patches in to 8.1 release.  If the period is only
> 2~3 weeks, I don't want to delay the release.  On the other hand, it
> takes some time for distro to pick up the Linux kernel or backport these
> kernel patches, the gdb feature can't be enabled without kernel support,
> so it doesn't matter too much that this feature is in gdb 8.1 or 8.2.
> 
> > I don't have a problem with delaying the release after the branch
> > get created, but 5 weeks takes us roughly to start of 2018. I would
> > add an extra week or two after your backport before we actually
> > release, just in case there are unexpected complications with
> > the patch. So, we're talking mid-January.
> >
> > Any objections to a release around that time?
> 
> Understood.  I withdraw this proposal, and let us target your original
> plan.

Thanks for the update, Yao. I moved your item to the excluded list
for now. But we can still consider it again if conditions become better:
Who knows, if the branch drags longer than anticipated, and the changes
in the kernel get in quickly, it might still make it...

-- 
Joel