Re: [PATCH] Improve i386 prologue analyzer

Andrew Cagney
2004-08-12T12:43:16Z

>>> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:13:42 -0400
>>> From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
>>
>>>> >
>>>> > We are talking about two weeks, not about months or something. Why is
>>>> > it worthwhile to go through the pains of another version just so the
>>>> > MIPS patch could be released a week or two earlier than if it were to
>>>> > be part of the same version as the i386 prologue patch?
>>
>>>
>>> Sorry, I don't follow. I would have thought that a little bit of pain
>>> (on our part) would be worth the satisfaction of seeing us deliver a
>>> better working GDB sooner.
>
>
> It's not only pain on our part (which I don't think we should dismiss
> so lightly, btw, but that's just me).

Please, please, articulate the `pain on our part' that we're apparently
all suffering. I'm the release manager, if anyone is is going to
experience pain, it's going to be me.

> It's also the pain of our users
> who will need to install two versions within 4 weeks.

This update is for _MIPS_ users only. The next update is for _i386_
users only.

> And I still don't understand what is the rush to release the MIPS
> patch without waiting for another week or two and then releasing the
> i386 patch as well.

If I were a MIPS user (hmm, I'm even the maintainer), I'd be pretty
cheesed off that a fix to get `break main; run' working was being held
back due the inistance that it be bundled with an unrelated i386 fix.

Andrew