Re: [PATCH] Improve i386 prologue analyzer

Andrew Cagney
2004-08-09T13:59:10Z

>>> Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 10:07:58 -0400
>>> From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
>>>
>>> So by releasing 6.2._2_ in 2-3 weeks with this patch, and 6.2.1 today we
>>> get a win-win. The MIPS fix isn't held up, and the i386 fix gets 2-3
>>> more weeks to mature :-)
>
>
> You know, I really don't understand what is going on here. First, I'm
> told that GDB 6.2 cannot wait and must be released with the MIPS
> broken, and now GDB 6.2.1 cannot wait for a week or two because MIPS
> is broken? How does that make any sense?

Here's how things are panning out:

week 0.0: @6.2:
For current mainstream systems, our best releaes ever!
Late breaking discovery that MIPS is broken, time to resolution unknown
(guess 2 weeks) but workaround in hand.

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.

Andrew