Re: [PATCH] Improve i386 prologue analyzer

Eli Zaretskii
2004-08-11T17:55:11Z

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

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.