From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7395 invoked by alias); 9 Aug 2004 19:09:28 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 7360 invoked from network); 9 Aug 2004 19:09:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO aragorn.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.23) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 9 Aug 2004 19:09:22 -0000 Received: from zaretski ([80.230.147.65]) by aragorn.inter.net.il (MOS 3.4.6-GR) with ESMTP id ECV96421; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 22:09:11 +0300 (IDT) Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 19:09:00 -0000 From: "Eli Zaretskii" To: Andrew Cagney Message-Id: <2914-Mon09Aug2004220629+0300-eliz@gnu.org> CC: kettenis@chello.nl, mec.gnu@mindspring.com, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: <4116AEA1.7060900@gnu.org> (message from Andrew Cagney on Sun, 08 Aug 2004 18:52:17 -0400) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Improve i386 prologue analyzer Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <200408012158.i71LwpRw033840@elgar.kettenis.dyndns.org> <3405-Mon02Aug2004070159+0300-eliz@gnu.org> <410EAFBB.5080102@gnu.org> <2914-Tue03Aug2004065313+0300-eliz@gnu.org> <200408061933.i76JX3HJ008032@elgar.kettenis.dyndns.org> <4113EA3B.3000900@gnu.org> <2914-Sat07Aug2004183455+0300-eliz@gnu.org> <41150161.3000306@gnu.org> <41155A83.nail9VC11PTRT@mindspring.com> <7704-Sun08Aug2004065437+0300-eliz@gnu.org> <4115FF44.nail59F11C8I0@mindspring.com> <200408081108.i78B8Cpk009362@elgar.kettenis.dyndns.org> <411633BE.2010809@gnu.org> <7137-Sun08Aug2004223001+0300-eliz@gnu.org> <4116AEA1.7060900@gnu.org> X-SW-Source: 2004-08/txt/msg00329.txt.bz2 > Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 18:52:17 -0400 > From: Andrew Cagney > > week 1.5: 6.2.1: > Critical MIPS problem fixed. > Fix for long-standing i386 bug known (needs 2 weeks testing) > > week 4.0: 6.2.2: > Long standing bug on old i386 systems fixed. > > Does this seem reasonable. No. Sorry, you didn't answer my question, so I'll try to explain what bugs me: it's the logic behind these decisions that I cannot grasp. That is, if fixing MIPS is so important, then why did we release GDB 6.2 without waiting for the fix? And if it wasn't important enough for 6.2 to wait for it, why can't it wait for a couple of weeks and be released in 6.2.1 together with the i386 prologue analyzer fix? I need to understand how to reconcile these two contradicting moves in order to judge whether I can live with the decision, whatever it is.