Re: GDB 9.1 release 2019-12-23 update

Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-27T07:49:54Z

> From: Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com>
> Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 23:39:36 +0100
> Cc: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>, gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
>
> > I added an attachment with the patch to the Bugzilla report, it should
> > appear shortly on the bug-binutils mailing list. Let's see what
> > happens next.
>
> I don't know how binutils works, but if they work like gdb, it may be
> worth sending the patch to the binutils mailing list directly instead
> of relying on people to read bug-binutils?

I'm fine with that, but if they don't read bug-binutils, then why does
that list even exist?

I actually suggest that Joel or Pedro post to the binutils mailing
list quoting the Bugzilla report and/or the bug-binutils messages

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-binutils/2019-11/msg00006.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-binutils/2019-12/msg00162.html

and telling the Binutils folks that this currently blocks a GDB
release. I think this would have a much more profound effect than me
doing the same.

Or we could make the release regardless of the libctf issues with
MinGW.