Re: time to create the GDB 8.1.x branch?

[Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>]

On Monday, November 20 2017, Joel Brobecker wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I think it is time to start thinking about the next release (8.1),
> as it has been 5.5 months since we release 8.0, and 7 months
> since we created the 8.0.x branch!
>
> I've created the following wiki page for keeping track of this release
> cycle:
>
>     https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/GDB_8.1_Release
>
> Looking at the gdb/NEWS file, it shows a fair number of enhancements.
> Also, outside of one GDB PR that was marked for 8.1 but is no longer
> critical IMO, we have no PR active targetting 8.1.
>
> Are there any changes that would be worth waiting for before we branch
> 8.1? If not, I plan on creating the branch next Monday (Nov 27th).

Hi!

I'd like to get the 'ptype /o' feature in before we branch:

  <https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2017-11/msg00435.html>

There's a bug opened for this feature:

  <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16224>

So I'll mark it for 8.1, is that OK?

Thanks,

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