From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 79908 invoked by alias); 6 Nov 2018 22:27:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 79879 invoked by uid 89); 6 Nov 2018 22:27:06 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=drew, Quick, historically X-HELO: gateway23.websitewelcome.com Received: from gateway23.websitewelcome.com (HELO gateway23.websitewelcome.com) (192.185.50.250) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 22:27:05 +0000 Received: from cm16.websitewelcome.com (cm16.websitewelcome.com [100.42.49.19]) by gateway23.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C05EB3E3AA for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2018 16:27:02 -0600 (CST) Received: from box5379.bluehost.com ([162.241.216.53]) by cmsmtp with SMTP id K9oMgcbNHaSeyK9oMgtDLF; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 16:27:02 -0600 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tromey.com; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=m0FonQmFKi3O8aisMFwYn+idDnZMp9KSSqJhgJc7d6U=; b=bRb15q7gHha3Q1RVutgfVEiyk5 b3edZXFTTEhs5DnxRQY0uXSB8ofbA8PQAOzzQObM7n7pBy5abKIXm2xJtHEBvbRJGcWZCQf+CR5Fm Ba4YdiHzOMd9u6d/cKQs/o1TJ; Received: from 97-122-190-66.hlrn.qwest.net ([97.122.190.66]:41610 helo=pokyo) by box5379.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1gK9oM-001KW0-GN; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 16:27:02 -0600 From: Tom Tromey To: Joel Brobecker Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: RFC: Changing GDB's version numbering scheme References: <20180910084934.GB3234@adacore.com> <20181031172513.GB4081@adacore.com> Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2018 22:27:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20181031172513.GB4081@adacore.com> (Joel Brobecker's message of "Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:25:13 -0700") Message-ID: <87o9b1rgei.fsf@tromey.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2018-11/txt/msg00083.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Joel" == Joel Brobecker writes: Joel> Quick summary of the discussion so far: The only feedback this Joel> discussion drew was negative feedback. If you would like to support Joel> this proposal, you should speak up; otherwise, I'm inclined to Joel> let the matter drop. I'm also in favor of it. Historically I don't think the minor versions carried much meaning. In the new scheme, I suppose the version still won't carry much meaning, but at least it won't pretend, and will be easy to explain. Also, it is closer to what GCC does, which I think is a plus. Tom