From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20935 invoked by alias); 10 Sep 2018 17:32:49 -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 19800 invoked by uid 89); 10 Sep 2018 17:32:48 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=imagine 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 ESMTP; Mon, 10 Sep 2018 17:32:47 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09933117592; Mon, 10 Sep 2018 13:32:46 -0400 (EDT) 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 plf7+QIvhi8S; Mon, 10 Sep 2018 13:32:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF79911757C; Mon, 10 Sep 2018 13:32:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F3D6083AD6; Mon, 10 Sep 2018 18:32:43 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 17:32:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9_P=F6nitz?= Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: RFC: Changing GDB's version numbering scheme Message-ID: <20180910173243.GC3234@adacore.com> References: <20180910084934.GB3234@adacore.com> <20180910171243.GB1832@klara.mpi.htwm.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180910171243.GB1832@klara.mpi.htwm.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) X-SW-Source: 2018-09/txt/msg00284.txt.bz2 > I am trying to imagine a situation where 36 lines of explanation of a > numbering scheme helps people that *guess* wrong on any other numbering > scheme > > And I fail. I get what you are saying, but focusing on the length of the explanation doesn't work in my opinion, because the "explanation" is actually a detailed procedure for ourselves of what we will have to do in terms of the new numbering scheme, which is an implementation detail. What the GDB user will be seeing, on the other hand, is 2 or 3 releases per major version, and those releases with the same major version are made from the same branch, and therefore are fairly close in terms of the code base. -- Joel